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allomorph

noun /æləmɔrf/ 3 syllables 9 letters Scrabble 16 WWF 19
Definitions
noun

any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound

“calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite”

noun

a variant phonological representation of a morpheme

“the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme”

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