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Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append.

Altrices.

One liable to the fault of heterophemy.

The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness. R. G. White.

An abnormal state of the voice. Mayne.

Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.

An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.

Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel.

One of the Heteropoda. -- a.

An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.

Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.

One of the Heteroptera.

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.

False optics. Spectator.

One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun.

ole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi.

Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.

Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths. Darwin.

The condition of being heterostyled.