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geomalism Biol.|dʒiːˈɒməlɪz(ə)m|
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
The tendency of an organism to grow symmetrically in a horizontal plane. So also geˈomaly.
1884–5Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) I. 50 Geomalism appears in its primitive aspect among the sponges since they are comparatively soft and supported by a pliable and primitively fragmentary internal skeleton. 1889Century Dict., Geomaly. |