Northern elephant seals are large and imposing, with significant differences in size and shape between sexes (sexual dimorphism).
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Dimorphism
Synonyms for "dimorphism"
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30 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- dimorfisme noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
Czech
1 entries- dimorfismus noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
Finnish
4 entries- dimorfismi noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- dimorfismi noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
- dimorfismi noun (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms)
- kaksimuotoisuus noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
French
1 entries- dimorphisme noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
Greek
2 entries- διμορφισμός noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- διμορφισμός noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
Icelandic
3 entries- tvíbreytni noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- tvíbreytni noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
- tvíbreytni noun (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms)
Irish
3 entries- démhorfacht noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- démhorfacht noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
- démhorfacht noun (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms)
Italian
1 entries- dimorfismo noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
Polish
4 entries- bimorfizm noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- bimorfizm noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
- bimorfizm noun (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms)
- dymorfizm noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
Portuguese
3 entries- dimorfismo noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- dimorfismo noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
- dimorfismo noun (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms)
Spanish
3 entries- dimorfismo noun (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part)
- dimorfismo noun (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)
- dimorfismo noun (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms)
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This is also done for Dizygopleura landesi Roth and Eukloedenella pontotocensis Lundin, new species, which illustrate domiciliar (kloedenellid) dimorphism.
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