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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
2: 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"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: allo- + morpheme Date: 1945 one of a set of forms that a morpheme may take in different contexts <the -s of cats, the -en of oxen, and the zero suffix of sheep are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme> • allomorphic adjective • allomorphism noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Linguistics any of two or more alternative forms of a morpheme. Derivatives: allomorphic adj. Etymology: ALLO- + MORPHEME

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Allomorph Al"lo*morph, n. [Gr. ? other + ? form.] (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. --G. H. Williams.