Monomorphic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Chemistry Having only one form, as one crystal form.
  • adj. Zoology Having one or the same genotype, form, or structure through a series of developmental changes.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having or existing in a single shape or form
  • adj. invariant across a species
  • adj. taking only a single data type
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In zoology, of one and the same (or essentially similar) type of structure; formed much alike; notably uniform in morphic character: said of a number of animals collectively, or of the zoölogical group which they constitute: as, birds are a highly monomorphic class of animals.
  • In entomology, having but one form, structure, or morphological character; identical or invariable in form throughout successive stages of development; monomorphous; homomorphous; ametabolic.
    • Word Usage
    "Male and female penguins are very similar in appearance and can be impossible to distinguish without behavioral cues (referred to as monomorphic)."
    Equivalent
    monomorphous   
    Antonym
    dimorphic    trimorphic    polymorphic   
     
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