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heterostracan |
heterostraci |
heterostyled |
heterostylism |
heterotactous |
heterotaxy
| heterotheca
| heterotheca villosa
| heterothermic
| heterotopism
| heterotopy
heterotaxy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun heterotaxy has 1 sense
- heterotaxy(n = noun.state) transposition - any abnormal position of the organs of the body; Array is a kind of abnormalcy, abnormality
CIDE DICTIONARY
heterotaxy, n. [Hetero- + Gr. an arrangement, fr. to arrange.].
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.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heterotaxy, n. the abnormal disposition of organs or parts.
Etymology
HETERO- + Gk taxis arrangement
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