HETEROTYPIC
Adjective
heterotypic (not comparable)
Of or involving a different type or types.
(genetics) Relating to the first nuclear division in meiosis.
(botany) literally "with a different type". In botanical nomenclature a heterotypic synonym (or taxonomic synonym) is a synonym that comes into being when a taxon is reduced in status ("reduced to synonymy") and becomes part of a different taxon. The zoological equivalent is "subjective synonym".
Synonyms
• taxonomic
Antonyms
• homotypic
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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