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morphon

morphon noun: a morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.

Noun

morphon (plural morphons)

  1. (archaic) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.
  2. A unit of morphology.

Forms of morphon

pluralmorphons

Origin of morphon

From morpho- + -on.

Words formed from morphon

Questions about morphon

What does morphon mean?
Morphon means a morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.
What part of speech is morphon?
Morphon is a noun.
What is the plural of morphon?
The plural of morphon is morphons.

Words near morphon in the dictionary

  1. morphometries
  2. morphometry
  3. morphomic
  4. morphomics
  5. morphomolecular
  6. morphon
  7. morphoneme
  8. morphonemes
  9. morphonemic
  10. morphonemically
  11. morphonemics

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