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heteromerous

/het-uh-rom-er-uhs/US // ˌhɛt əˈrɒm ər əs //UK // (ˌhɛtəˈrɒmərəs) //

异构,异构的,异体,异构体

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.

Examples

  • Rhipiphorus, rī-pif′o-rus, n. a genus of heteromerous beetles.

  • Heteromerous: having an unequal number of tarsal joints on the feet.

  • Legs heteromerous, four claws to each tarsus, two of them larger than the others, and minutely serrulate on the inside.

  • In a large number of the Heteromerous beetles, they are set transversely, in the Capricorn ones longitudinally.

  • Heteromerous insects are those in which the number of these joints varies in the different pairs of legs.