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Old 10-18-2005, 04:22 PM   #1
coyote
Question "Morph", where does the term come from?

My initial introduction to this term came from science fiction where it was more commonly used as a verb. But, I am intrigued why it is used in captive herpetology.

Where did the use begin? Why "morph" and not "mutation"?

Aren't morphs mutations?

Is it short for a longer word?

From Webster's New World College: -morphic combining form forming adjectives having a (specified) form or shape [idiomorphic].?
 
 


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