n. pl.
An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi.
a.
Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
a.
Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths.
n.
The condition of being heterostyled.
a.
Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.
n.
Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.
n.
A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
n.
A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
n. pl.
A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
a.
Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
n.
A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.
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