| word | morphology |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) The study of the structure and form of plants and animals. (2) The study of word formation. |
| eg_sentence | The morphology of the mouthparts of the different mayfly species turns out to be closely related to what they feed on and their methods of eating. |
| explanation | Within the field of biology, morphology is the study of the shapes and arrangement of parts of organisms, in order to determine their function, their development, and how they may have been shaped by evolution. Morphology is particularly important in classifying species, since it can often reveal how closely one species is related to another. Morphology is studied within other sciences as well, including astronomy and geology. And in language, morphology considers where words come from and why they look the way they do. |
| IPA | mɔrˈfɑləʤi |
Tags: mwvb::unit:15, mwvb::unit:15:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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