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- noun Plural form of
morpho .
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Examples
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When she had showed Shay her pretty morphos, Tally had mentioned how she always started by doubling her left side—that she had always hated the right side of her face.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Everyone made morphos, even littlies, too young for their facial structure to have set.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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My morphos were actually inspired by the faces used in beauty studies, “averaged” human faces created by computers.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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In Uglies, when Shay and Tally are making morphos of themselves, they start by picking one side of their face, then folding it over.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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My morphos were actually inspired by the faces used in beauty studies, “averaged” human faces created by computers.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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In Uglies, when Shay and Tally are making morphos of themselves, they start by picking one side of their face, then folding it over.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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However, those morphos shifters are actually Giger-inspired new-age rock'em sock'em robots
The Party's Over: Derailed by the Economy BikeSnobNYC 2008
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When she had showed Shay her pretty morphos, Tally had mentioned how she always started by doubling her left side—that she had always hated the right side of her face.
Uglies Scott Westerfeld 2005
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Everyone made morphos, even littlies, too young for their facial structure to have set.
Uglies Scott Westerfeld 2005
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When she had showed Shay her pretty morphos, Tally had mentioned how she always started by doubling her left side—that she had always hated the right side of her face.
Uglies Scott Westerfeld 2005
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