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heteromorph

heteromorph noun: an ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.

Noun

heteromorph (plural heteromorphs)

  1. An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
    • The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon.1971, Oleg Stepanovich Vi︠a︡lov, Fossil Ostracoda, page 15
  2. Any heteromorphic organism.
    • Mean body length of heteromorphic males from birds with both types of male morphs did not differ significantly from that of heteromorphs from birds that had only heteromorphic males […]2010, Maurice W. Sabelis, Jan Bruin, Trends in Acarology: Proceedings of the 12th International... (page 301)

Forms of heteromorph

pluralheteromorphs

Origin of heteromorph

From hetero- + -morph, see heteromorphic.

Questions about heteromorph

What does heteromorph mean?
Heteromorph means an ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
What part of speech is heteromorph?
Heteromorph is a noun.
What is the plural of heteromorph?
The plural of heteromorph is heteromorphs.

Words near heteromorph in the dictionary

  1. heteromonolayer
  2. heteromonolayers
  3. heteromonomer
  4. heteromonomeric
  5. heteromonomers
  6. heteromorph
  7. heteromorphemic
  8. heteromorphic
  9. heteromorphies
  10. heteromorphism
  11. heteromorphisms

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