MORPHO Definition & Meaning

morpho

[mawr-foh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural

morphos

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-

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

morpho-

combining form

indicating form or structure
morphology
morpheme
morphophonemics

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of morpho¹

First recorded in 1850–55; from New Latin �Ѵǰ��ō, genus name, from Greek �Ѵǰ��ṓ “the Shapely, the Beautiful” (an epithet of Aphrodite in Sparta), akin to ��ǰ��ḗ “form, shape, figure, beauty”

Origin of morpho²

< Greek, combining form of ��ǰ��ḗ

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of morpho¹

from Greek ��ǰ��ŧ form, shape

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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He’d seen the Morpho movie seven times.

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

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When To Use

What does morpho- mean?

Morpho- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “form, structure.” It is often occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology and linguistics.Morpho- comes from Greek ��ǰ��ḗ, meaning “form.”What are variants of morpho-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, morpho- becomes morph-, as in morphactin. Additional related combining forms include -morphic, -morphism, and -morphous. Want to know more? Read our 51�Թ�s That Use articles on all four combining forms.

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