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(1):

(a.) With the parts not corresponding in number.

(2):

(a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.

(3):

(a.) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; - said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.

(4):

(a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.