Definition of morpho

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Morpho (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots..

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Murrayin :: Murrayin (n.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance..
Titanium :: Titanium (n.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1..
Phoronis :: Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
Pilocarpine :: Pilocarpine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
Isomorphous :: Isomorphous (a.) Having the quality of isomorphism.
Chondrin :: Chondrin (n.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin..
Monomorphous :: Monomorphous (a.) Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic..
Isodimorphic :: Isodimorphic (a.) Isodimorphous.
Homopolic :: Homopolic (a.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology..
Metachloral :: Metachloral (n.) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral..
Magenta :: Magenta (n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis..
Homomorphic :: Homomorphic (a.) Alt. of Homomorphou.
Metazoa :: Metazoa (n. pl.) Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa..
Xylindein :: Xylindein (n.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo..
Anamorphosy :: Anamorphosy (n.) Same as Anamorphosis.
Homocategoric :: Homocategoric (a.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.
Transform :: Transform (v. i.) To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
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