heteronym

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heteronym - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteronym \Het"er*o*nym\, n.
     That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name
     or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
     [1913 Webster]

heteronym - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heteronym
      n 1: two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way
           but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example
           of a heteronym"