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tetramorphic, a.|tɛtrəˈmɔːfɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
a. Nat. Hist. Occurring in four different forms.
b. Of or pertaining to a tetramorph.
a.1870Hooker Stud. Flora 79 Oxalis, Wood-sorrel... Tetramorphic flowers occur. 1901A. G. Butler in Proc. Zool. Soc. 15 Jan. 25 Limnas chrysippus is tetramorphic both at Aden and on the White Nile.
b.1901N. & Q. 9th Ser. VIII. 530/1 The tetramorphic emblems..date perhaps from c. 860 a.d.
So tetraˈmorphism, the phenomenon of exhibiting four different forms; in Chem., the property of crystallizing in four several forms.
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