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heterogonous

heterogonous adjective: characterized by heterogony. Also the misspelling of heterogenous.

Adjective

heterogonous (comparative more heterogonous, superlative most heterogonous)

  1. Characterized by heterogony.
  2. Having offspring that are dissimilar to their parents.
    • The Chermes not only pass through a heterogonism in five sparate generations, but one and the same species can live in related rows by the temporary suppression of the true heterogonous circles.1917, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Volume 37
  3. Having multiple origins.
    • What underpins this is a complex, heterogonous, and to Freud, timeless, field of unconscious traces, drives, instincts, processes or, relatedly, Id.2016, Paul Cammell, Reinterpreting the Borderline, page 98

Also used as

heterogonous is also the misspelling of heterogenous.

Forms of heterogonous

comparativemore heterogonous
superlativemost heterogonous

Questions about heterogonous

What does heterogonous mean?
Heterogonous means characterized by heterogony.
What part of speech is heterogonous?
Heterogonous is an adjective.

Words near heterogonous in the dictionary

  1. heterogomphs
  2. heterogonic
  3. heterogonically
  4. heterogonies
  5. heterogonism
  6. heterogonous
  7. heterogonously
  8. heterogony
  9. heterograde
  10. heterograft
  11. heterografted

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