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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Paramorph

· Par·a·morph · IPA
01 n. A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters, by a change in crystal structure without alteration of chem…
  1. 1.
    A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters, by a change in crystal structure without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite; called also allomorph.(Min.) Also: allomorph
  2. 2.
    A taxonomic variant observed within a species, for which a more specific term has not been assigned.(Biol.)