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morpho

1

[ mawr-foh ]

noun

, plural mor·phos.
  1. any of various large, tropical American butterflies of the genus Morpho, having brilliant blue, iridescent wings with an underside of brown or gray and eyelike spots.


morpho-

2
  1. a combining form meaning “form, structure,” used in the formation of compound words:

    morphology.

morpho-

combining_form

  1. indicating form or structure

    morphology

  2. morpheme

    morphophonemics

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of morpho1

First recorded in 1850–55; from New Latin Morphō, genus name, from Greek Morphṓ “the Shapely, the Beautiful” (an epithet of Aphrodite in Sparta), akin to morphḗ “form, shape, figure, beauty”

Origin of morpho2

< Greek, combining form of morphḗ
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Word History and Origins

Origin of morpho1

from Greek morphē form, shape
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Example Sentences

Then one day a fortunetelling machine called the Morpho appears in the general store, promising to reveal one’s true potential.

“I’m Morpho, and I’m going to eat your brains!”

Chet loved Morpho even more than the rest of them did.

He’d seen the Morpho movie seven times.

“They were probably too scared of Morpho to think straight,” he suggested.

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