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HETEROLOGICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterological mean?
• HETEROLOGICAL (adjective)
The adjective HETEROLOGICAL has 1 sense:
1. not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
Familiarity information: HETEROLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
Synonyms:
heterologic; heterological; heterologous
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
heterology ((biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts)
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