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English Dictionary: morphology by the DICT Development Group
2 results for morphology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morphology
n
  1. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
  2. studies of the rules for forming admissible words
  3. the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
    Synonym(s): morphology, sound structure, syllable structure, word structure
  4. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
    Synonym(s): morphology, geomorphology
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morphology \Mor*phol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] form + -logy: cf. F.
      morphologie.] (Biol.)
      That branch of biology which deals with the structure of
      animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and
      describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses.
      See {Tectology}, and {Promorphology}.
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