[mawrf] 
| 1. | Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def. 2). |
| 2. | Biology. an individual of one particular form, as a worker ant, in a species that occurs in two or more forms. |
| 3. | to transform (an image) by computer. |
| 4. | to be transformed: morphing from a tough negotiator to Mr. Friendly. |
| var. of morpho- before a vowel: morpheme. |
| a combining form meaning “form, structure,” of the kind specified by the initial element: isomorph. |
| morph 1 (môrf) n. An allomorph. [From morpheme.] |
| morph 2 (môrf) n. One of various distinct forms of an organism or species. [From Greek morphē, form, shape.] |
| morph 3 (môrf) v. morphed, morph·ing, morphs v. tr. To transform (an image) by computer: cinematic special effects that morphed the villain into a snake. v. intr. To be transformed: "Yesterday's filmstrip has morphed into today's school computer" (Clifford Stoll). [Shortening of metamorphose.] |
-morph suff.
Form; shape; structure: endomorph.
morpho- or morph-
pref.
Form; shape; structure: morphogenesis.
| morph (môrf) Pronunciation Key
A phenotypically distinct form of an organism or species. |
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