What is the meaning of the word "allomorph"?

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  1. a variant phonological representation of a morpheme copy to clipboard noun
    • the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme copy to clipboard
  2. any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound copy to clipboard noun
    • calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite copy to clipboard

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