morphospace

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noun

A graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.

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Meanings

nounmorphospace (plural morphospaces)

plural morphospaces

  1. biologyA graphical representation of all the morphologies an organism could or does have, each point of which represents an individual shape.

    Spirals, soap films within wire forms compared to planktonic shapes, and the morpho-space shared by the skulls of chimp, baboon and human

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 139

Origin

From morpho- + space.

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APA

morphospace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphospace

MLA

“morphospace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphospace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morphospace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphospace.

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