Morphology
Pronunciation : Mor*phol"o*gy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. -logy: cf. F. morphologie.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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