Crossword-Solution: NEOMORPH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Neomorph | n. | A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a pre existing form. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with NEOMORPH (4)
The tympanic bulla of the dog is not indicated in Diagram 9, and it would appear to be a new structure (neomorph), not represented in the frog.
Either this bone is a neomorph, which seems improbable, or there has not been in the ancestry of this particular family an episode of reduction comparable to that seen in the terrestrial families, where there is an operculum instead of a normal opisthotic.
The suggestion of a "neomorph" ought not to be made except as a last resort, for it is simply an acknowledgment that the author does not recognize homology with any structure already known; sometimes further information will make such recognition possible.
This argument would fit the ontogenetic picture satisfactorily, provided that (_a_) there were some evidence of ventral, rather than dorsal, ribs in early Amphibia, and (_b_) we accept the invention of another neomorph in modern Amphibia as an unavoidable necessity.