morphon

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek μορφῶν (morphôn), present participle of the verb μορφάω (morpháō, “form”).

Noun

morphon (plural morphons)

1. (biology) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.
2. (linguistics) A unit of morphology.

Coordinate terms

• lexon
• phonon
• semon

Derived terms

• morphonic

See also

• bion

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “morphon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)