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morphotaxon

morphotaxon noun: a taxon of a group of organisms classified according to morphology alone.

Noun

morphotaxon (plural morphotaxa)

  1. A taxon of a group of organisms classified according to morphology alone

Forms of morphotaxon

pluralmorphotaxa

Origin of morphotaxon

From morpho- + taxon.

Questions about morphotaxon

What does morphotaxon mean?
Morphotaxon means a taxon of a group of organisms classified according to morphology alone.
What part of speech is morphotaxon?
Morphotaxon is a noun.
What is the plural of morphotaxon?
The plural of morphotaxon is morphotaxa.

Words near morphotaxon in the dictionary

  1. morphosyntaxes
  2. morphotactic
  3. morphotactically
  4. morphotactics
  5. morphotaxa
  6. morphotaxon
  7. morphotaxonomic
  8. morphotaxonomy
  9. morphotectonic
  10. morphotectonics
  11. morphothion

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