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Morphology

Mor-phol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
μορφή
form +
-logy
: cf. F.
morphologie
.]
1.
(Biol.)
That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See
Tectology
, and
Promorphology
.