Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A structural or organic individual, as contrasted with one that is functionally or physiologically, but not structurally, independent. See bion.
  • noun A morphological element or factor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, in distinction from bion, a physiological individual. See tectology.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biology A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek μορφῶν (morphōn), present participle of the verb μορφάω (morphaō, "form").

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