heteroˈmorphous, a.
[f. as heteromorphite + -ous.]
1. Of abnormal or irregular form.
| 1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 139/2 Various animals..from exhibiting no uniform or regular shape, have been entitled..heteromorphous. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Heteromorphous, differing in form, shape, or external appearance, as compared with the normal. |
2. Entom. = heteromorphic 1.
| 1855 Owen Invertebr. Anim. 437 The differences of the larvæ which are distinguished by the entomological terms, Heteromorphous, Homomorphous, Capitate, &c., essentially depend upon their quitting the egg to enter into active life at different periods of development. |