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morph (môrf)

noun

  1. Linguis. allomorph (sense )
  2. a representation of an occurrence of a morpheme
  3. a sequence of phonemes isolated from surrounding sequences but not yet assigned to a particular morpheme

Etymology: < Gr morphē, form

morph2 definition

morph (môrf)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to transform or be transformed as by morphing

Etymology: < (meta)morph(osis)

morph3 definition

morph

morphology

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morph Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • see: Common Buzzard - several birds seen all dark morph 29.

Preposition: through

  • spectrum: The LED candles can be set to slowly morph through a spectrum of colors or set to light up in one color.

Adjective modifier

  • pale: While the picture above shows the more typical brownish plumage they also have pale morphs some of which can be almost white.

Preposition: into

  • bat: Talbot chases Dracula out onto a balcony where he promptly morphs into a bat.

Modifies a noun

  • bird: Dark morph birds, which can be almost wholly dark brown, make up the majority of high Arctic nesting birds.

Noun used with modifier

  • color: Within this species, there exist three distinct color morphs which differ in their lifetime reproductive success.
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