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morpho

morpho noun: any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.

Noun

morpho (plural morphos)

  1. Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.
    • Another area visited by butterfly tours for its prolific blue morphos and other brilliant butterflies is Tingo Maria Parque Nacional and vicinity.1992, Robert Michael Pyle, Sarah Anne Hughes, Roger Tory Peterson, Handbook for Butterfly Watchers, page 240

Forms of morpho

pluralmorphos

Origin of morpho

From the genus name, translingual Morpho, from Ancient Greek μορφώ (morphṓ, “the Shapely One”) (a name of Aphrodite).

Words formed from morpho

Questions about morpho

What does morpho mean?
Morpho means any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.
What part of speech is morpho?
Morpho is a noun.
What is the plural of morpho?
The plural of morpho is morphos.

Words near morpho in the dictionary

  1. morphism set
  2. morphism sets
  3. morphisms
  4. morphling
  5. morphlings
  6. morpho
  7. morpho-
  8. morpho-paradigm
  9. morpho-paradigms
  10. morpho-phonemic
  11. morpho-phonological

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