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n. [Gr. poikilos, various; gennaein, to produce](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Diptera, larval polymorphism with more than one form, some being paedogenic and others developing normally into winged sexual adults.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.