morphospace
nounEtymology From morpho- + space.
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Biology, Natural sciences A 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 human2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 139:
- Derived terms
- ecomorphospace
- Related terms
- ecospace