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<hw>Hete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hete</er>, later <er>Het</er>.]</wordforms> <def><it>Variant of</it> <er>Hote</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>But one avow to greate God I <b>hete</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Heteracanth</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het"er*a*canth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a spine.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.</def>

<h1>Heterarchy</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het"er*arch`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + <ets>-archy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The government of an alien.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Heterauxesis</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het`e*raux*e"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the other + <?/ growth.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.</def>

<h1>Hetero-</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het"er*o-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>"e`teros</grk> other.]</ety> <def>A combining form signifying <i>other</i>, <i>other than usual</i>, <i>different</i>; <as>as, <ex>hetero</ex>clite, <ex>hetero</ex>dox, <ex>hetero</ex>gamous</as>.</def>

<h1>Heterocarpism</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het`er*o*car"pism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr.<?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in <i>Amphicarp\'91a</i>, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.</def>

<h1>Heterocarpous</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het`er*o*car"pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Characterized by heterocarpism.</def>

<h1>Hetercephalous</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het`er*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr.<?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.</def>

<h1>Heterocera</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het`e*roc"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ other + <?/ horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antenn\'91 variable in form.</def>

<h1>Heterocercal</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Het`er*o*cer"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr. <?/ tail.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.</def>

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<h1>Heterocercy</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het"er*o*cer`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a tail.]</ety> <fld>(anat.)</fld> <def>Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.</def>

<h1>Heterochromous</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*o*chro"mous</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr. <?/ color.]</ety> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.</def>

<h1>Heterochronism, Heterochrony</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw><hw>Het`er*och"ro*nism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Het`er*och"ro*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ of different times; <?/ other + <?/ time.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.</def>