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adjectiveprotomorphic (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving the most primitive character; in the earliest form of stage.
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1864-1898, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology That is to say , the contact of this deep - seated tissue with outer agencies, produces in it some approach towards that composition which we find universally characterizes outer - tissue - a protomorphic layer which differentiates in opposite directions.
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protomorphic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protomorphic
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“protomorphic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protomorphic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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