allomorph
/ˈælʌmɔrf/
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Noun
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
Noun
a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets'' and `beds'' and `horses'' and `oxen'' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"