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polychromatic

[pol-ee-kroh-mat-ik, -kruh-] / ˌpɒl i kroʊˈmæt ɪk, -krə- /


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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

Abdiel’s is more fluid, polychromatic, drawing from other dance wells, a different set of accumulated experience.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2023

Roger cites, for example, how the purported whiteness of Greek and Roman relics, despite evidence of their original polychromatic state, became an ideal echoed in neo-Classical art.

From New York Times Sep. 21, 2022

When be became an extensive purchaser of drab segments of fossilized soap, bottles of sticky brilliantine with a chemical odour, and postcards worked with polychromatic silk, the billet began to make inquiries.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 by Various




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