Morphology (biology)
WordNet
noun
(1) The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
(2) The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
(3) The admissible arrangement of sounds in words
(4) Studies of the rules for forming admissible words
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
- The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
- The form and structure of something.
- A description of the form and structure of something.
See also
:Category:Linguistic morphology