id|i|o|mor|phic

id|i|o|mor|phic
id|i|o|mor|phic «IHD ee uh MR fihk», adjective.
1. having its own characteristic form.
2. of or denoting a mineral constituent of a rock that has its own characteristic crystalline form, and not one forced upon it by the other constituents of the rock.
[< Greek ídios one's own + morph form + English -ic]
id´i|o|mor´phi|cal|ly, adverb.

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