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Heterotomous

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monotomous(mineralogy) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.
acrotomous(mineralogy, ghost word) Having a basal cleavage.
peritomous(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
diatomous(mineralogy) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; said of crystals.
orthotomous(crystallography) Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.
domaticnoun(mineralogy) Having only one plane of symmetry.
heterocrystallineRelating to or composed of two or more different crystals.
heteroideous(rare) diversified in form
heteroclite(dated) Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
heteromorphic(biology) Having different forms in different stages of the life cycle
cleavagedHaving (a particular kind of) cleavage.
orthoclastic(crystallography) Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.
heteromerous(biology) Having different types or numbers of parts (within the same or similar structure).
anisotomous(botany) Having unequal or irregular divisions.
heterochelous(of a crab) Having chelae of different shapes or sizes
allotriomorphic(geology) xenomorphic
polyschizotomous(paleontology, malacology) Furcating at many points.
hypidiomorphic(crystallography) Partly idiomorphic; having a distinct crystalline form in only some of its constituents.
heterovalvarOf a diatom: having dissimilar valves.
hamitoconic(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a shell which has two or more straight shafts, like some heteromorph ammonites such as Polyptychoceras.

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