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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.

An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, 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.

Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.

Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.

A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.

A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.

Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.

Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.