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Variant of Hote. [Obs.] But one avow to greate God I hete. Chaucer.

Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.

The government of an alien. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.

A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.

The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpæa, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.

Characterized by heterocarpism.

Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.

A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennæ variable in form.

Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.

Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.

In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.

Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Heteroclitic. [Obs.]

A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algæ related to nostoc.

Heterodactylous. -- n.

A group of birds including the trogons.

Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.