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单词 heteromorphous
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heteromorphousadj.

Etymology: formed as heteromorphite n. + -ous suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: heteroˈmorphous.
1. Of abnormal or irregular form.
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heteromorphous1886
heteromorphic1898
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 139/2 Various animals..from exhibiting no uniform or regular shape, have been entitled..heteromorphous.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Heteromorphous, differing in form, shape, or external appearance, as compared with the normal.
2. Entomology. = heteromorphic adj. 1.
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1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) 437 The differences of the larvæ which are distinguished by the entomological terms, Heteromorphous, Homomorphous, Capitate, &c., essentially depend upon their quitting the egg to enter into active life at different periods of development.
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