polychromatic

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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

They fashioned dark wood, brass, polychromatic tile and plaster painted peacock blue into an exuberant lounge that radiates a lack of interest in midcentury minimalism.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2020

Four Ionic columns—fluted for half their height and their shafts purple-robed with minium tints—sustained a cymatium adorned with polychromatic ornaments that the artist seemed only to have completed the day before.

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