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-morpha
Animal groupings.
Greek morphē, form.
Some systematic biological names contain this ending, such as the Lagomorpha (Greek lagōs, hare), an order of mammals that comprises the hares and rabbits; Nematomorpha (Greek nēma, nēmat‑, thread) a small phylum of the horsehair worms; Myomorpha (Greek mus, mu‑, mouse), a major division of the rodents that includes the rats, mice, voles, hamsters, and their relatives.
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