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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, production of similar or identical sexual organisms or reproductive parts from diverse stocks.
- noun Similarity in crystalline form; specifically, that existing between the crystals of chemical compounds which are not closely related in composition. See
isomorphism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The quality of having similar
sexual zooids orgonophores anddissimilar hydrants ; said of certainhydroids .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek.
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