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heteropygous

heteropygous adjective: having a cephalon and pygidium of different sizes.

Adjective

heteropygous (not comparable)

  1. Having a cephalon and pygidium of different sizes.

Questions about heteropygous

What does heteropygous mean?
Heteropygous means having a cephalon and pygidium of different sizes.
What part of speech is heteropygous?
Heteropygous is an adjective.

Words near heteropygous in the dictionary

  1. heteropters
  2. heteroptics
  3. heteropycnosis
  4. heteropycnotic
  5. heteropycnotics
  6. heteropygous
  7. heteropyknosis
  8. heteropyknotic
  9. heteroqueer
  10. heteroqueerness
  11. heteroquestionnaire

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