morphon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μορφῶν (morphôn), present participle of the verb μορφάω (morpháō, “form”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
editmorphon (plural morphons)
- (biology, archaic) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.[1]
- (linguistics) A unit of morphology.
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editReferences
edit- ^ “morphon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.