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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
heterochrony .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
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- noun biology
heterochrony
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