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单词 polyeidism
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polyeidism
polyeidism n. [ < poly- comb. form + ancient Greek εἶδος appearance, form (see eidos n.) + -ism suffix; compare ancient Greek πολυειδής of many kinds or forms, πολυειδία diversity of kind] Zoology Obsolete rare the condition of passing through several different forms at different stages of life.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > life cycle > metamorphosis
metamorphosis1665
pleomorphism1854
allomorphosis1860
polyeidism1866
metamorphose1870
morphosis1882
pleomorphy1882
metaboly1890
cyclomorphosis1926
1866 J. Lubbock in Trans. Linn. Soc. 25 490 The dimorphism thus produced differs in many important respects from the dimorphism of the mature form which we find, for instance, in ants and bees; it would therefore be convenient to distinguish it by a different name; and I have ventured to suggest the terms Dieidism and Polyeidism.
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