biomorph

[bahy-oh-mawrf]

noun

1. a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan.

   The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.

biomorph

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌmɔːf /

noun

1. a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts

Other Word Forms

• biomorphic adjective
• biomorphism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of biomorph¹

First recorded in 1890–95; bio- + -morph

Example Sentences

To do that, the company came up with a FlexGrid 3.0 BioMorph upper.

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