Meanings
nounmorphocline (plural morphoclines)
plural morphoclines
- evolutionary theoryA series of morphological transformations that occurs during the evolution of a species
Origin
From morpho- + cline. Coined by T. Paul Maslin in 1952.
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morphocline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphocline
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“morphocline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphocline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morphocline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphocline.
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