Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteromorph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-morph
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.

noun

Any heteromorphic organism.

Example Sentences

"The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon."
"Mean body length of heteromorphic males from birds with both types of male morphs did not differ significantly from that of heteromorphs from birds that had only heteromorphic males […]"

Etymology

From hetero- + -morph, see heteromorphic.

Inflected Forms

heteromorphs (plural)

Questions

What does heteromorph mean?: An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
Where does heteromorph come from?: From hetero- + -morph, see heteromorphic.

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