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MORPHOGENY
Definition of MORPHOGENY
noun
The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
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Where it comes from
Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphontogenie, itself from morpho- + Ontogenie; equivalent to a reduction of morpho- + ontogeny to morpho- (“shape”) + -geny (“origin”). The simplification means that the term is also used to translate German Morphogenie, the distinction between Morphontogenie and Morphogenie not being made in English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MORPHOGENY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MORPHOGENY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGHMNOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MORPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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