morpho
noun
any of various large, tropical American butterflies of the genus Morpho, having brilliant blue, iridescent wings with an underside of brown or gray and eyelike spots.
morphos
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pluralof morpho.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When she had showed Shay her pretty morphos, Tally had mentioned how she always started by doubling her left side—that she had always hated the right side of her face.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Afterwards I saw many of them; sometimes when walking the forest there would be morphos always in sight.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
Or one of the morphos would flicker among those spectral bastions, aerial and bright as a fairy in Hades.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
As we climbed the tree, to cross upon it, we disturbed several morphos.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
We did not see a movement, except when the morphos started from the uprooted tree.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
