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morphometrics noun[ U or plural ] anatomy, biology specializeduk /ˌmɔː.fəˈmet.rɪks/ us /ˌmɔːr.fəˈmet.rɪks/ the measurement and study of the shape of organs or living things, or the measurements made in this way: The study used geometric morphometrics to depict patterns of subtle variation in wings. morphometrics ofFigure 1 illustrates the morphometrics of the adult male and female stages of the insect. All measurements were made using a computer morphometrics program. The objective of this study was to use the biology, morphology, morphometrics, and molecular techniques to describe a new species. The next step was to investigate the parasite morphometrics. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Animal & plant biology - general words abiotic anatomic anatomical anatomically correct anti-Darwinian biologist biophysics Darwinist entomological entomologist entomology eukaryote experiment station naturalist overstimulate overstimulated overstimulation photosynthetically poikilothermic survival of the fittest
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morphometry See alsomorphology |