polyphenic
Definitions
Having multiple phenotypes that can arise as a result of differing environmental conditions.
not-comparable
Examples
“Both types of threshold mechanism have⟳ been shown to couple horn growth with nutrition in scarab beetles and are considered facultative (polyphenic) regulatory processes, and preliminary evidence suggested that they might sometimes both be present⟳ in the same species.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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