Morphotype

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of different types of individuals of the same species in a population; a morph.

    "The morphotype, or form-print, must hereafter take its place by the side of the logotype or word-print."

Verb
  1. 1
    To sort into such types (and identify them)

    "Experiment 4 involved only morphotyping, and the results demonstrated the concentration-dependence of the subdivisions of morphotype 1."

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"The morphotype, or form-print, must hereafter take its place by the side of the logotype or word-print."

Etymology

From morpho- + -type.

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