HETEROPLASTIC
Het`er*o*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Hetero- + -plastic.] (Biol.)
Defn: Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel.
HETEROPOD
Het`er*o*pod, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hétéropode.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Heteropoda.
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Defn: Heteropodous.
HETEROPODA
Het`e*rop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
HETEROPODOUS
Het`er*op"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.
HETEROPTER
Het`er*op"ter, n.