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. Seetectology .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology A
morphological individual , characterized bydefiniteness ofform , 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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[372] The bion is the physiological, as the morphon is the morphological, individual.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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