Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morphospecies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mor-phos-pecies
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species distinguished from others only by its morphology.

Example Sentences

"Their approach is to sort specimens based on their major morphological characteristics, rather than their strict taxonomy. They named this type of pseudotaxonomy the morphospecies approach."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der. English morpho- English species English morphospecies From morpho- + species.

Frequently Paired Words

morphospecific

Questions

What does morphospecies mean?: A species distinguished from others only by its morphology.
Where does morphospecies come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der. English morpho- English species English morphospecies From morpho- + species.

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