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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•mor•pho•sis (an′ə môr′fə sis, -môr fō′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz′, -sēz).USA pronunciation - a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when viewed at a raking angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
- the method of producing such a drawing.
- Insects, Zoology[Zool., Entomol.]the gradual change in form from one type to another during the evolution of a group of organisms.
- Invertebrates(in certain arthropods) metamorphosis in which body parts or segments are added to those already present.
- Greek, equivalent. to anamorphō- (variant stem of anamorphoûn to transform; see ana-, morpho-) + -sis -sis
- 1720–30
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