About The Word Morphon
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Morphon
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What's The Definition Of Morphon?Synonyms | Synonyms for Morphon: Related Terms | Find terms related to Morphon: See Also | Morphon In Webster's Dictionary \Mor"phon\, n. [Gr. ?, p. pr. of ? to form.] (Biol.)
A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of
form bion, a physiological individual. See {Tectology}.
--Haeckel.
Note: Of morphons there are six orders or categories: 1.
Plastids or elementary organisms. 2. Organs,
homoplastic or heteroplastic. 3. Antimeres (opposite or
symmetrical or homotypic parts). 4. Metameres
(successive or homodynamous parts). 5. Person[ae]
(shoots or buds of plants, individuals in the narrowest
sense among the higher animals). 6. Corms (stocks or
colonies). For orders 2, 3, and 4 the term idorgan has
been recently substituted. See {Idorgan}.
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