MORPHON
Mor"phon, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Definition: A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of
form bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology. Haeckel.
Note: Of morphons there are six orders or categories: 1. Plastids or
elementary organisms. 2. Organs, homoplastic or heteroplastic. 3.
Antimeres (opposite or symmetrical or homotypic parts). 4. Metameres
(successive or homodynamous parts). 5. Personæ (shoots or buds of
plants, individuals in the narrowest sense among the higher animals).
6. Corms (stocks or colonies). For orders 2, 3, and 4 the term
idorgan has been recently substituted. See Idorgan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition