Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterogonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-gonous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by heterogony.

adj

Having offspring that are dissimilar to their parents.

adj

Having multiple origins.

adj

Misspelling of heterogenous.

Example Sentences

"The Chermes not only pass through a heterogonism in five sparate generations, but one and the same species can live in related rows by the temporary suppression of the true heterogonous circles."
"What underpins this is a complex, heterogonous, and to Freud, timeless, field of unconscious traces, drives, instincts, processes or, relatedly, Id."

Inflected Forms

more heterogonous (comparative) most heterogonous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

heterogonously

Questions

What does heterogonous mean?: Characterized by heterogony.

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