heteromerous

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heteromerous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteromerous \Het`er*om"er*ous\, a. [See Heteromera.]
     1. (Chem & Crystallog.) Unrelated in chemical composition,
        though similar or indentical in certain other respects;
        as, borax and augite are hom[oe]morphous, but
        heteromerous.
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     2. (Bot.) With the parts not corresponding in number.
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     3. (Zool.)
        (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.
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