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Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Of or pertaining to anthromorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.

ne frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser.

Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.

Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.

Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.…

Characterized by homomorphism.

Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.

Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.

Idiomorphous.

Isodimorphous.

Isomorphous.

Isotrimorphous.

ve undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.

development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.

Having the right form. Orthomorphic projection, a projection in which the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to the corresponding angles in the projected figure.

Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.

Taking all forms.

Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.