heterostrophicadj.
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1. Turning or winding in another direction; spec. in Conchology applied to univalve shells in which the usual direction of the spire is reversed, as in a ‘reversed’ whelk.
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2. Ancient Greek Prosody and Latin Prosody. ‘Consisting of two systems of different metrical form: as, a heterostrophic song or choric passage’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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heteˈrostrophous adj. = 1.
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1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Heterostrophus (Conchol.), applied to a spirivalve shell in which the terminal border is to the left side of the animal, as in the Physa heterostropha: heterostrophous.
heteˈrostrophe n. (also heteˈrostrophy) the condition of being heterostrophic.
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1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. i Heterostrophe, the reversal of the direction in which the spire of a shell turns.
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