morphonomyNat.Hist.|mɔːˈfɒnəmɪ| [f.Gr. µορϕ-ή form + -νοµία, f. νόµος law.] The science concerned with the laws of form in animals, plants, and crystals. 1856in Mayne Expos.Lex., and in later Dicts. Hence morphoˈnomica., of or pertaining to morphonomy (Cent.Dict. 1890).