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🦋 A large butterfly 🔤 Form prefix
morpho

morpho

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A large bright blue butterfly from Central and South America
  • noun
  • /ˈmɔrfoʊ/
: morpho
  • PHOTO (COLOR): At the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, entomologist John Brown examines Morpho butterfly specimens.
  • morpho butterfly

Examples

  • Let's look at bright, bright colour, and this Morpho butterfly provides no better example really.

  • It is a blue Morpho with somewhat dubious font, but I love this design.

  • The blue morpho is known for its vibrant iridescent blue wings that shimmer in the sunlight.

  • During our trip to Costa Rica, we spotted a magnificent morpho butterfly fluttering through the rainforest.

  • At the butterfly exhibit, the morpho captivated everyone with its stunning colors and graceful movements.

Surface Forms

morpho singular
morphos plural

Etymology

Morpho for the bright blue butterfly comes from the Greek morphē, meaning 'form' or 'shape'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the wings that seem to 'change form' when light hits them, just like the English word morph, so the name links to the butterfly's shining, changing look.