💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Heterotomous"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| heterocrystalline | Relating 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 |
| cleavaged | Having (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. |
| heterovalvar | Of 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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