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amphimorpho

amphimorpho noun: a fictional open species of extraterrestrial shapeshifter, with a long mammalian body and ears, and four or six limbs.

Noun

amphimorpho (plural amphimorphos)

  1. (slang) A fictional open species of extraterrestrial shapeshifter, with a long mammalian body and ears, and four or six limbs.

Forms of amphimorpho

pluralamphimorphos

Origin of amphimorpho

Coined by Fur Affinity user TuxedoDragon from amphi- (“opposite”) + -morph (“shape”), ostensibly because the creature can shapeshift between extreme forms. The suffix -o apparently serves to make the name sound more Romance, reminiscent of taxonomic names; this is unetymological, as the origin of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese etc. -o is Latin -us.

Questions about amphimorpho

What does amphimorpho mean?
Amphimorpho means a fictional open species of extraterrestrial shapeshifter, with a long mammalian body and ears, and four or six limbs.
What part of speech is amphimorpho?
Amphimorpho is a noun.
What is the plural of amphimorpho?
The plural of amphimorpho is amphimorphos.

Words near amphimorpho in the dictionary

  1. amphimictic
  2. amphimictically
  3. amphimicts
  4. amphimixes
  5. amphimixis
  6. amphimorpho
  7. amphimorphos
  8. amphinectid
  9. amphinectids
  10. amphinomid
  11. amphinomids

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