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cloak.] Having a calyx differing 

 from corolla in colour, texture, etc. 

 (bot.). 



heterochromous (heYerokro'mus) a. 

 [Gk. heteros, other ; chroma, colour.] 

 Having disc and marginal florets 

 differently coloured (bot.). 

 heterochronism (hgt'erokro'nizm) n. 

 [Gk. heteros, other ; chronos, time.] 

 A departure from the typical se- 

 quence in time of the formation of 

 the organs (biol.). 



heterochrosis (h6t'6rokr5'sis) n. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; chrosis, colouring.] 

 Abnormal coloration (zool.). 

 heteroclinous (heYgrokll'nus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; kline, bed.] Hetero- 

 cephalous (bot.). 



heterocoelous (het'grose'lus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; koilos, hollow.] Pert. 

 vertebrae with saddle-shapedarticu- 

 latory centra (zool.). 

 heterocysts (hgt'groststs) n. plu. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; kystis, bladder.] The 

 clear cells occurring at intervals 

 on the filaments of certain Algae, 

 and marking the limits of the 

 hormogonia (bot.). 



heterodactylous (het'erodak'tilus) a. 

 [Gk. heteros, other ; daktylos, toe.] 

 With the first and second toes 

 turned backwards (zool.). 

 heterodont (het'erodont) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; odous, tooth.] Hav- 

 ing the teeth differentiated for 

 various purposes (zool). 

 heterodromous (he't'e'rod'romus) a. 

 [Gk. heteros, other ; dromein, to 

 run.] Having the genetic spiral 

 of the stem leaves turning in a 

 different direction to that of the 

 branch leaves (bot.). 

 heteroecious (het'gre'shus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other; oikos, house.] Pass- 

 ing different stages of its life on 

 different hosts (bot.). 

 heterogamous (heYerog'amus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; gamos, marriage.] 

 With unlike gametes ; having two 

 types of flowers ; having indirect 

 pollination methods (biol.). 

 heterogamy (hgt'grog'aml) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; gamos, offspring.] 

 Alternation of generations (biol.). 

 heterogangliate (hgt'grogang'gltat) 

 a. [Gk. heteros, other ; gangglion, 

 ganglion.] With widely separated 



and asymmetrically placed nerve- 

 ganglia (zool.). 



heterogenesis (het'erqje'n'e'sis) n. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; gignesthai, to pro- 

 duce.] Spontaneous generation ; 

 alternation of generations (biol.). 



heterogeny (heVerqj'eni) n. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; genos, race.] Hav- 

 ing several distinct generations 

 succeeding one another in a 

 regular series (biol.). 



heterogonous (het'erog'onus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; gonos, birth.] Pert. 

 heterogenesis (biol.). 



heterogony (het'erog'oni) n. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; gonos, birth.] Hav- 

 ing two kinds of flowers differing 

 in length of stamen (bot.) ; alterna- 

 tion of generations (biol.). 



heterogynous (het'eroj'mus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; gyne, woman.] 

 With two types of females (zool.). 



heterokaryote (het'erokar'Iot) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; karyon, nut.] Hav- 

 ing two distinct types of nuclei 

 (zool.). 



heterokinesis (het'erokme'sis) n. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; kinein, to move.] 

 Qualitative or differential division 

 of the chromosomes (biol.). 



heterolecithal (het'eroles'ithal) a. 

 [Gk. heteros, other ; lekithos, yolk.] 

 Havingunequally distributed deuto- 

 plasm (biol.). 



heterology (het'erol'qjl) n. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; logos, discourse.] 

 The non-correspondence of parts 

 owing to different origin or different 

 elements (biol.). 



heteromallous (het'erom'alus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other; mallos, lock of wool.] 

 Spreading in different directions 

 (bot.). 



heteromastigate (hgt'e'romas'tigat) a. 



eik. heteros, other ; mastix, lash.] 

 aving two different types of 

 flagella (zool.). 



heteromastigote (het'eromas'tigot), 

 heteromastigate. 



heteromerous (het'erom'erus) a. [Gk. 

 heteros, other ; meros, part.] Hav- 

 ing the whorls consisting of 

 an unequal number of parts (bot.). 



heterometabolic (het'eromeYabol'ik) 

 a. [Gk. heteros, other ; metabole, 

 change.] Having incomplete meta- 

 morphosis (zool.). 



