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<h1>Heterophyllous</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*oph"yl*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ other + <?/ leaf: cf. F. <ets>h\'82t\'82rophylle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.</def>

<h1>Heteroplasm</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het"er*o*plasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + Gr. <?/ anything formed or molded.]</ety> <def>An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Heteroplastic</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*o*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + <ets>-plastic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.</def>

<i>Haeckel.</i>

<h1>Heteropod</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*o*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>h\'82t\'82ropode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Heteropoda.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Heteropodous.</def></def2>

<h1>Heteropoda</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`e*rop"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ other + <ets>-poda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as <spn>Carinaria</spn> and <spn>Atlanta</spn>, have thin glassy shells.</def>

<h1>Heteropodous</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*op"o*dous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.</def>

<h1>Heteropter</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*op"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Heteroptera.</def>

<h1>Heteroptera</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`e*rop"te*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ other + <?/ a wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See <er>Hemiptera</er>.</def>

<h1>Heteroptics</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*op"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hetero-</ets> + <ets>optics</ets>.]</ety> <def>False optics.</def>

<i>Spectator.</i>

<h1>Heteroscian</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`er*os"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ other + <?/ shadow: cf. F. <ets>h\'82t\'82roscien</ets>.]</ety> <def>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).</def>

<h1>Heterosis</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`e*ro"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ alteration, fr. <?/ other, different.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>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 <i>me</i>?"</def>

<i>Aytoun.</i>

<h1>Heterosomati</h1> <Xpage=690>

<hw>Het`e*ro*so"ma*ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ other + <?/, <?/, body.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also <altname>Heterosomata</altname>, <altname>Heterosomi</altname>.</def>

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