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n. [ Gr. &unr_; of one another + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves; same as allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic a. [1913 Webster]

As we know that the several unit characters are of such a nature that any one of them is capable of independently displacing or being displaced by one or more alternative characters taken singly, we may recognize this fact by naming such characters allelomorphs. Bateson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an allelomorph. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + morfh` form. ] (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. G. H. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Amorphas [ Gr. &unr_; shapeless. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Amorphous. ] A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc. There are stony substances which, when fused, may cool as glass or as stone; the glass state is spoken of as a state of amorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant of the genus Amorphophallus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + morfh` form. ] 1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; shapeless; 'a priv. + morfh` form + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. amorphie. See Amorphous. ] Shapelessness. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; again + morfh` form. ] 1. A distorted image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anamorphosis + -scope. ] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to form anew; &unr_; again + &unr_; to form; morfh` form. ] 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Anthropomorphism. ] (Zool.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of human form; 'a`nqrwpos man + morfh` form. ] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphitism. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to. [ 1913 Webster ]

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism. ] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Transformation into the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. “Anthropomorphous apes.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine. ] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; for, shape. ] Patterned after one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Automorphic characterization. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bde`lla leech + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of insects comprising the cinnabar moths.
Syn. -- genus Callimorpha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; the wild goose + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; two-formed; di`s- twice (see Di-) + morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dimorphisme. ] 1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dimorphe. ] 1. (Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'enanti`os opposite + morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Min.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + morfh` form, shape. ] (Biol.) That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of myriopod arthropods containing elongated centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs.
Syn. -- order Geophilomorpha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman, female + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Affected with gynandromorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemi- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.

a. (Biol.) Heteromorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]