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Het`er*op"o*dous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.

Het`er*op"ter (?), n. One of the Heteroptera.

||Het`e*rop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; other + &?; a wing.] ||(Zoˆl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior ||wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.

Het`er*op"tics (?), n. [Hetero- + optics.] False optics. Spectator.

Het`er*os"cian (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; other + &?; shadow: cf. F. hÈtÈroscien.] One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

||Het`e*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; alteration, fr. &?; other, ||different.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, ||verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the ||sentence: "What is life to such as me?" Aytoun.

||Het`e*ro*so"ma*ti (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; other + &?;, &?;, ||body.] (Zoˆl.) 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.

{ Het`er*o*spor"ic (?), Het`er*o*spor"ous (?), } a. [Hetero- + spore.] (Bot.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.

Het"er*o*styled (?), a. (Bot.) Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths. Darwin.

Het`er*o*sty"lism (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being heterostyled.

Het`er*o*tac"tous (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.

Het"er*o*tax`y (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; an arrangement, fr. &?; to arrange.] (Biol.) 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.

{ Het`er*ot"o*pism (?), Het`er*ot"o*py (?), } n. [Hetero- + Gr. &?; place: cf. F. hÈtÈrotopie.] 1. (Med.) A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.

2. (Biol.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.

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||Het`e*rot"ri*cha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; other + &?;, gen. &?;, ||a hair.] (Zoˆl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia ||all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior ||end.

Het`er*ot"ro*pal (?), Het`er*ot"ro*pous (&?;), a. [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way; &?; other + &?; to turn: cf. F. hÈtÈrotrope.] (Bot.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.

He"thing (?), n. Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Het"man (?), n.; pl. Hetmans (#). [Pol. hetman. Cf. Ataman.] A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.

Heugh (?), n. [Cf. Hogh.] 1. A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

2. A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry. [Scot.]

Heuk (?), n. Variant of Huke. [Obs.]

Heu"land*ite (?), n. [After Heuland, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Heu*ris"tic (h*rs"tk), a. [Gr. e"yri`skein to discover.] Serving to discover or find out.

Hev"ed (?), n. The head. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hew (h), v. t. [imp. Hewed (hd); p. p. Hewed or Hewn (hn); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS. he·wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. hˆggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.] 1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. Shak.

2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.