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a combining form meaning âeating, devouring,â used in the formation of compound words: phagocyte. Compare -phage, -phagous, -phagy. Origin of phago-.
Any of the variant forms of a morpheme. For example, the phonetic (s) of cats (kÄts), (z) of pigs (pÄ­gz), and (Ä­z) horses (horâ²hÃ´r) sÄ­z are allomorphs of The english plural. [ morpheme- + allo(morph) .]. emeâ²alÂ·loâ²mor phic. adj