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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HETEROMORPHIC

Het `er *o *mor "phic, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.

New American Oxford Dictionary

heteromorphic

het er o mor phic |ˌhetərəˈmôrfik ˌhɛdərəˈmɔrfɪk | ▶adjective Biology occurring in two or more different forms, esp. at different stages in the life cycle. DERIVATIVES het er o morph |ˈhetərəˌmôrf |noun, het er o mor phy noun |ˈhetərəˌmôrfē |

Oxford Dictionary

heteromorphic

heteromorphic |ˌhɛt (ə )rə (ʊ )ˈmɔːfɪk | ▶adjective Biology occurring in two or more different forms, especially at different stages in the life cycle. DERIVATIVES heteromorph noun, heteromorphy noun