HyperDic: heterology

English > 1 sense of the word heterology:
NOUNattributeheterology(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
English > heterology: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts.
Categorybiology, biological scienceThe science that studies living organisms
Broaderdissimilarity, unsimilarityThe quality of being dissimilar / dissimilar
Adjectivesheterologousderived from organisms of a different but related species
heterologous, heterologic, heterologicalnot corresponding / corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin

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