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morphocline

noun

Etymology

From morpho- + cline. Coined by T. Paul Maslin in 1952.

  1. derived from κλῑ́νω — “to lean, incline”
  2. formed as morphocline — “morpho- + cline”

Definitions

  1. A series of morphological transformations that occurs during the evolution of a species

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for morphocline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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