Dimorphism
Dimorphism 1. (Botany) the occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part, such as the leaves of some aquatic plants 2. (Zoology) the occurrence in an animal or plant species of two distinct types of individual 3. (Chemistry) a property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms
Dimorphism in an echinoderm: four- and five-arm starfish
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