Hominy, hom′i-ni, n. maize hulled, or hulled and crushed, boiled with water: a kind of Indian-corn porridge. [American Indian auhuminea.]
Hommock, hom′uk, n. a hillock or small conical eminence.—Also Humm′ock. [A dim. of hump, like hillock from hill.]
Homo, hō′mō, n. generic man. [L.]
Homobaric, hō-mō-bar′ik, adj. of uniform weight. [Gr. homos, the same, baros, weight.]
Homoblastic, hō-mō-blas′tik, adj. of the same germinal origin:—opp. of Heteroblastic. [Gr. homos, the same, blastos, a germ.]
Homocentric, hō-mō-sen′trik, adj. having the same centre. [Fr. homocentrique—Gr. homokentros—homos, the same, kentron, centre.]
Homocercal, hō-mō-sėr′kal, adj. having the upper fork of the tail similar to the lower one, as the herring:—opposed to Heterocercal. [Gr. homos, the same, kerkos, tail.]
Homodermic, hō-mō-derm′ik, adj. homological in respect of derivation from one of the three primary blastoderms (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm). [Gr. homos, the same, derma, skin.]
Homodont, hō-mō-dont, adj. having teeth all alike:—opp. of Heterodont.
Homodromous, hō-mod′rō-mus, adj. (bot.) following the same direction, as the leaf-spirals on certain branches: (obs.) having the power and the weight on the same side of the fulcrum, of a lever. [Gr. homos, the same, dromos, a course.]