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Noun: allomorph  'a-lu,morf
  1. 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"
     
  2. Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
    "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"

Derived forms: allomorphs

Type of: chemical compound, compound, morpheme

Encyclopedia: Allomorph