heteromerous (comparative more heteromerous, superlative most heteromerous)
(biology) Having different types or numbers of parts (within the same or similar structure)
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*om"er*ous, a. Etym: [See Heteromera.]
1. (Chem & Crystallog.)
Definition: Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: With the parts not corresponding in number.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras. (b) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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