Heterocarpism
(Het`er*o*car"pism) n. [Hetero- + Gr. fruit.] (Bot.) The power of producing two kinds
of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpæa, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Heterocarpous
(Het`er*o*car"pous) a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterocarpism.
Heterocephalous
(Het`er*o*ceph"a*lous) a. [Hetero- + Gr. head.] (Bot.) Bearing two kinds of heads or
capitula; — said of certain composite plants.
Heterocera
(||Het`e*roc"e*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. other + horn.] (Zoöl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including
the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennæ variable in form.
Heterocercal
(Het`er*o*cer"cal) a. [Hetero- + Gr. tail.] (Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently
continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Heterocercy
(Het"er*o*cer`cy) n. [Hetero- + Gr. a tail.] (Anat.) Unequal development of the tail lobes
of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Heterochromous
(Het`er*o*chro"mous) a. [Hetero- + Gr. color.] (Bot.) Having the central florets of a
flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
Heterochronism
(Het`er*och"ro*nism Het`er*och"ro*ny) n. [Gr. of different times; other + time.] (Biol.)
In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
Heteroclite
(Het"er*o*clite), a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. other + to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. hétéroclite.] Deviating
from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclite
(Het"er*o*clite), n.
1. (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates
from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.
2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.
Heteroclitic
(Het`er*o*clit"ic Het`er*o*clit"ic*al) a. [See Heteroclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or
rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Heteroclitous
(Het`er*oc"li*tous) a. Heteroclitic. [Obs.]
Heterocyst
(Het"er*o*cyst) n. [Hetero- + cyst.] (Bot.) A cell larger than the others, and of different
appearance, occurring in certain algæ related to nostoc.
Heterodactyl
(Het`er*o*dac"tyl) a. (Zoöl.) Heterodactylous. — n. One of the Heterodactylæ.
Heterodactylæ
(||Het`e*ro*dac"ty*læ) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. other + a finger.] (Zoöl.) A group of birds including
the trogons.
Heterodactylous
(Het`er*o*dac"tyl*ous) a. [Hetero- + Gr. a toe.] (Zoöl.) Having the first and second
toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Heterodont
(Het"er*o*dont) a. [Hetero- + Gr. a tooth.] (Anat.) Having the teeth differentiated into incisors,
canines, and molars, as in man; — opposed to homodont.
Heterodont
(Het"er*o*dont), n. (Zoöl.) Any animal with heterodont dentition.
Heterodox
(Het"er*o*dox) a. [Gr. other + opinion; cf. F. hétérodoxe.]
