亚洲网紅露点

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morpho

1

[ mawr-foh ]

noun

plural morphos.
  1. any of various large, tropical American butterflies of the genus Morpho, having brilliant blue, iridescent wings with an underside of brown or gray and eyelike spots.


morpho-

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  1. a combining form meaning 鈥渇orm, structure,鈥 used in the formation of compound words:

    morphology.

morpho-

combining_form

  1. indicating form or structure

    morphology

  2. morpheme

    morphophonemics

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of morpho1

First recorded in 1850鈥55; from New Latin 惭辞谤辫丑艒, genus name, from Greek 惭辞谤辫丑峁 鈥渢he Shapely, the Beautiful鈥 (an epithet of Aphrodite in Sparta), akin to 尘辞谤辫丑岣 鈥渇orm, shape, figure, beauty鈥

Origin of morpho2

< Greek, combining form of 尘辞谤辫丑岣
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of morpho1

from Greek 尘辞谤辫丑脓 form, shape
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Example Sentences

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Then one day a fortunetelling machine called the Morpho appears in the general store, promising to reveal one鈥檚 true potential.

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鈥淚鈥檓 Morpho, and I鈥檓 going to eat your brains!鈥

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Chet loved Morpho even more than the rest of them did.

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He鈥檇 seen the Morpho movie seven times.

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鈥淭hey were probably too scared of Morpho to think straight,鈥 he suggested.

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