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allomorph
An allomorph is any of the crystalline forms of a substance. (noun)
An example of allomorphs are calcite and aragonite.
An allomorph is a different morpheme (unit of language) with the same meaning. (noun)
An example of an allomorph for the prefix in- is il-.
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