polychromatic

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He repurposes offcuts into smaller experiments, including rhythmic, polychromatic wall-mounted pieces hanging in his own home; one is above the white oak fireplace mantle he hand-chiseled.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Eyelash vipers are famously polychromatic, which means their appearances can vary widely, even among snakes born in the same litter.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

"Many snails are polychromatic -- within the same species, you get different colors," says Bieler.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

Each pill is rendered in concentric bands so that they resemble restless, polychromatic irises, or Wayne Thiebaud’s glowing confections, if Thiebaud painted sherbert-ringed icons of existential pain.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

From kitchen to attic plates polychromatic, From some "Christmas Number," make lumber.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir