morph

  1. Noun.  (linguistics) a morph is a physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
  2. Noun.  (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
  3. Noun.  (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
  4. Verb.  (colloquial) To change shape, of one form to another, through computer animation.
  5. Verb.  (colloquial) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

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