Relating to or exhibiting a secondary form or shape; having characteristics of secondary development or structural arrangement.
From deutero- (second) + -morphic (from Greek 'morphe' meaning 'form' or 'shape'). This describes structures showing secondary patterns of development.
When plants or animals evolve to live in new environments, they sometimes develop a completely different secondary form—like how tadpoles transform into frogs—and 'deuteromorphic' describes that dramatic change in shape.
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