diergism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.

Word forms

diergism

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ism.

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