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heteromorphs

heteromorphs is the plural of heteromorph.

Meaning of heteromorph

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)

Questions about heteromorphs

What is heteromorphs the plural of?
Heteromorphs is the plural of heteromorph.

Words near heteromorphs in the dictionary

  1. heteromorphite
  2. heteromorphoses
  3. heteromorphosis
  4. heteromorphotic
  5. heteromorphous
  6. heteromorphs
  7. heteromorphy
  8. heteromultimer
  9. heteromultimeric
  10. heteromultimerisation
  11. heteromultimerization

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