A polymorphic species. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Man is both polymorphic and polytypic. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And this is known as a polymorphic virus or worm, in that each time it's transmitted, it comes in a different guise. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Attorney General Janet Reno Holds News Briefing on 'Newlove.vbs' Computer Virus - May 19, 2000] Reference
Elisa is doing a "polymorphic" dress with a caplet. From Wordnik.com. [Jane McGivney: Make It Work: The Knitwear of Despair] Reference
It is kind of polymorphic behaviour because of multiple classes and events getting wired automatically. From Wordnik.com. [ASP.NET Forums] Reference
As Williams notes, Koobface is highly polymorphic, meaning that it's constantly changing to look like something else. From Wordnik.com. [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference
I had chosen "polymorphic" because there are "many forms" in it ... sorry for the previous misinformation, that was my mental lapse. From Wordnik.com. [COMIXTALK] Reference
Because it could make this vision of a new computing platform real and because it allowed me to use the word "polymorphic" in a sentence. From Wordnik.com. [E-Commerce Times] Reference
It's polymorphic, so it probably involves a lot of genes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2000] Reference
A: U will be the type of the polymorphic identity function. From Wordnik.com. [Type Theory] Reference
The possibility of polymorphic equilibrium is quite significant. From Wordnik.com. [Population Genetics] Reference
Calling delete on a polymorphic class without a virtual destructor. From Wordnik.com. [Snell-Pym » 2009 » January] Reference
Aided by a polymorphic guardian angel (Bruce Willis), he goes on a search. From Wordnik.com. [See You In Court, Mom And Dad] Reference
Perhaps the next version, DSME will have both polymorphic and hideen features. From Wordnik.com. [Justice to Charlotte Brontë] Reference
We're automatically polymorphic in a, but not in b, where we have to do it manually. From Wordnik.com. [Snell-Pym » Generic Functions] Reference
He followed a crowd inside and took his place in the polymorphic dance down the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Why Do You Hoard? Why Do You Squander?] Reference
A tour de force in the polymorphic use of that age old boogieman, the infamous “they”. From Wordnik.com. [Girsch's Law of Economics « Lean Left] Reference
Also, some of my boxes were polymorphic, but I don't think I know how to explain that to him. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
The conclusion that genetic variation was ubiquitous, with most genes being polymorphic, was inescapable. From Wordnik.com. [Evolutionary Genetics] Reference
A previously unreported highly-polymorphic region in exon2 was identified in both control and UDT patients. From Wordnik.com. [Urology Division Research] Reference
Do you even know about the fish that change gender, or the animals that are polymorphic and have both genders?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Evacuation Priorities] Reference
These butterflies display Müllerian mimicry and there are many polymorphic races differing in wing color patterns. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
"Technically the Hare virus is a multipartite, stealth, slow polymorphic virus which makes it particularly destructitve.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Behavior, because it's so complicated to orchestrate, is polymorphic — it requires the action of many genes in concert. From Wordnik.com. [How We Become What We Are] Reference
I had already engaged in many trips during our research on the distribution of polymorphic traits and in the HBV studies. From Wordnik.com. [Baruch S. Blumberg - Autobiography] Reference
Identifying these polymorphic variations will help to more effectively treat people who carry a risk for certain diseases. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition] Reference
The shell colors and band numbers of Cepaea nemoralis are notoriously polymorphic (Evolution MegaLab has a brief introduction). From Wordnik.com. [Cepaea nemoralis] Reference
Usually normal; in complex migraine can demonstrate mild slowing focal or generalized, or unilateral high-voltage polymorphic slowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference
Half of the genes that code for enzymes in insects and plants may be polymorphic, whereas polymorphisms are less common in vertebrates. From Wordnik.com. [Genetic variation] Reference
The canonical example back in 1989 was shapes, so that you could create a polymorphic draw() method (this example still pops up a lot). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference
A fascinating problem: The proportions in even an otherwise stable polymorphic population might be responsive to changes in institutions. From Wordnik.com. [Liberals need to be gettin' busy] Reference
When the degree of correlation is set to .2, the polymorphic basin reduces to the point at which the population starts in the polymorphism. From Wordnik.com. [Game Theory] Reference
Its a polymorphic virus that targets executable files. From Wordnik.com. [Wilders Security Forums]
Those differences are what cause polymorphic behavior. From Wordnik.com. [The Gadgeteer] Reference
SM - I think the polymorphic pigeons are going to suggest that Peter Parker watch a little TV. From Wordnik.com. [Baltiblogs]
In all four cases we monitored the gene expression from both the polymorphic and the nonpolymorphic locus. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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