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Heterology Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Heterology has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts

2

A lack of correspondence between parts that reflects a difference in origin

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dissimilarity
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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