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cyclomorphosis

cyclomorphosis noun: cyclic or seasonal changes in morphology.

Noun

cyclomorphosis (uncountable)

  1. Cyclic or seasonal changes in morphology.
    • The most conspicuous cyclomorphosis involves the formation of body processes and spines or the development of crests.2007, Winfried Lampert, Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams, page 192

Origin of cyclomorphosis

From cyclo- + -morph + -osis.

Questions about cyclomorphosis

What does cyclomorphosis mean?
Cyclomorphosis means cyclic or seasonal changes in morphology.
What part of speech is cyclomorphosis?
Cyclomorphosis is a noun.

Words near cyclomorphosis in the dictionary

  1. cyclometry
  2. cyclomixer
  3. cyclomixers
  4. cyclomodulin
  5. cyclomodulins
  6. cyclomorphosis
  7. cyclomorusin
  8. cyclomulberrin
  9. cyclonal
  10. cyclonaphthylene
  11. cyclonaphthylenes

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