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单词 heteromorphic
释义

heteromorphic

[ het-er-uh-mawr-fik ]
/ ˌhɛt ər əˈmɔr fɪk /
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adjective

Biology. dissimilar in shape, structure, or magnitude.
Entomology. undergoing complete metamorphosis; possessing varying forms.

Origin of heteromorphic

First recorded in 1860–65; hetero- + -morphic

OTHER WORDS FROM heteromorphic

het·er·o·mor·phism, het·er·o·mor·phy, noun

Words nearby heteromorphic

heteromerous, heterometabolous, heterometaplasia, heterometric autoregulation, heterometropia, heteromorphic, heteromorphosis, heteromorphous, heteronomous, heteronomy, heteronormative
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Example sentences from the Web for heteromorphic

  • I find that the mid-styled (by variation) P. sinensis is more fertile with own pollen, even, than a heteromorphic union!

    More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin
  • Heteromorphic, het-e-ro-mor′fik, adj. deviating in form from a given type—also Heteromor′phous.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
  • Organic development is not like crystallisation; it is heteromorphic crystallisation, so to speak.

    Herbert Spencer|J. Arthur Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for heteromorphic

heteromorphic

heteromorphous

/ (ˌhɛtərəʊˈmɔːfɪk) /

adjective biology

differing from the normal form in size, shape, and function
(of pairs of homologous chromosomes) differing from each other in size or form
(esp of insects) having different forms at different stages of the life cycle

Derived forms of heteromorphic

heteromorphism or heteromorphy, noun
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