noun, plural mor·phos.
- 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.
- a combining form meaning “form, structure,” used in the formation of compound words: morphology.
combining form
- indicating form or structuremorphology
- morphememorphophonemics
before vowels morph-, word-forming element meaning “form, shape,” from comb. form of Greek morphe “form, shape; beauty, outward appearance” (see Morpheus).
pref.
- Form; shape; structure:morphogenesis.