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Monomorphic

monomorphic –>
monomorphous
(Science: biology) 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.
Origin: Mono- – Gr. Form.


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