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protomorphic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form of stage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 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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History

Etymology

From proto- + -morphic.