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Definition of Morpho
1. 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.
Definition of Morpho
1. a tropical butterfly [n -PHOS]
Medical Definition of Morpho
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Morpho
Literary usage of Morpho
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"The long-winged species of morpho have a very lofty sailing flight, which renders
... GENUS morpho. morpho, Fabricius in Illiger, Mag. Insekt., vi., p. ..."
2. A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1900)
"morpho'LOGY (uop<M. f°nn, ... the stamen from the petal, the carpel from the
leaf, and the ovule from the leaf-bud. morpho'LYSIS (pop**, form, Au«, ..."
3. The Microscope: And Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1856)
"Among the most beautiful of all these scales, both for color and for regularity
of marking, are those of the butterfly termed morpho ..."
4. Geological Disasters in the Philippines: July ‘90 Earthquake & June ‘91 by Giovanni Rantucci (1995)
"3.2 morpho-tectonic Units of Central and Northern Luzon The Middle Miocene ...
Six morpho-tectonic units can be recognized on the mid-northern part of the ..."
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