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“heteromorphic”
heteromorphic, heteromorphous (adjective); more heteromorphic, most heteromorphic; more heteromorphous, most heteromorphous
1. Regarding different or dissimilar forms: The heteromorphic existence in different phases at different stages of life, like insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.
Heteromorphic forms can take place at different times or at different stages of the life cycle of a plant having an alternation of vegetatively dissimilar generations.
2. A situation in which there is a replacing of missing pieces by new parts which are different from those that have been lost: The broken jug went through a heteromorphic process when it was repaired with pieces of material from a flower pot.
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morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia, -morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism
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