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Het`er*o*cer"cal (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; tail.] (Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

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Het"er*o*cer`cy (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; a tail.] (Anat.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.

Het`er*o*chro"mous (?; 277), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; color.] (Bot.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.

{ Het`er*och"ro*nism (?), Het`er*och"ro*ny (?), } n. [Gr. &?; of different times; &?; other + &?; time.] (Biol.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.

Het"er*o*clite, a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. &?;; &?; other + &?; to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. hÈtÈroclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Het"er*o*clite, n. 1. (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.

2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.

{ Het`er*o*clit"ic (?), Het`er*o*clit"ic*al (?), } a. [See Heteroclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Het`er*oc"li*tous (?), a. Heteroclitic. [Obs.]

Het"er*o*cyst (?), n. [Hetero- + cyst.] (Bot.) A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algÊ related to nostoc.

Het`er*o*dac"tyl (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Heterodactylous. -- n. One of the HeterodactylÊ.

||Het`e*ro*dac"ty*lÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; other + &?; a ||finger.] (Zoˆl.) A group of birds including the trogons.

Het`er*o*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; a toe.] (Zoˆl.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.

Het"er*o*dont (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?;, &?; a tooth.] (Anat.) Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.

Het"er*o*dont, n. (Zoˆl.) Any animal with heterodont dentition.

Het"er*o*dox (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; other + &?; opinion; cf. F. hÈtÈrodoxe.] 1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.

Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching.

Strype.

2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. Macaulay.

-- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. -- Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.

Het"er*o*dox, n. An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Het"er*o*dox`al (?), a. Not orthodox. Howell.

Het"er*o*dox`y (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. hÈtÈrodoxie.] An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull.

Het`er*od"ro*mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; to run.] 1. (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. Gray.

2. (Mech.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.

Het`er*og"a*mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. ga`mos marriage: cf. F. hÈtÈrogame.] (Bot. & Biol.) (a) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster. (b) Characterized by heterogamy.

Het`er*og"a*my (?), n. [See Heterogamous.]