"morphology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɔrˈfɑlədʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-morphology.wav [UK] Forms: morphology [singular], morphologies [plural]
Etymology: morpho + -logy Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|morpho|logy}} morpho + -logy Head templates: {{noun|2=morphologies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A part of the grammar of a language. Morphology is the rules for putting parts of words together to make a whole word.
    Sense id: simple-morphology-en-noun-6iQh-z6B Categories (other): Linguistics
  2. The study of how animals and plants are shaped.
    Sense id: simple-morphology-en-noun-IOha9oRw Categories (other): Biology
  3. Morphology is or the study of shape in some other sciences, such as in geology or astronomy.
    Sense id: simple-morphology-en-noun-7iyRIgyh
  4. A morphology is the shape of something in general.
    Sense id: simple-morphology-en-noun-mhVVlHqE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -logy
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