"morphon" meaning in All languages combined

See morphon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: morphons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφῶν (morphôn), present participle of the verb μορφάω (morpháō, “form”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|μορφῶν}} Ancient Greek μορφῶν (morphôn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} morphon (plural morphons)
  1. (biology, archaic) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-morphon-en-noun-KddmzofD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -on, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -on: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (linguistics) A unit of morphology. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-morphon-en-noun-Kq7trQzv Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: morphonic Related terms: bion Coordinate_terms: lexon, phonon, semon

Inflected forms

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