What does heteromerous mean?

Definitions for heteromerous
ˌhɛt əˈrɒm ər əshet·eromer·ous

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  1. heteromerousadjective

    Having different types or numbers of parts (within the same or similar structure)

Webster Dictionary

  1. Heteromerousadjective

    unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous

  2. Heteromerousadjective

    with the parts not corresponding in number

  3. Heteromerousadjective

    having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras

  4. Heteromerousadjective

    having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles

  5. Etymology: [See Heteromera.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Heteromerous

    het-e-rom′e-rus, adj. diversiform. [Gr. heteros, other, meros, a part.]

Entomology

  1. Heteromerous

    having an unequal number of tarsal joints on the feet.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heteromerous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heteromerous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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