Heteromorphic

What do we mean by heteromorphic?

Having different forms at different periods of the life cycle, as in stages of insect metamorphosis. adjective

Differing from the standard form in size or structure. adjective

Deviating in form from a given type or standard; of irregular, abnormal, or unusual structure or composition.

In entomology, undergoing entire transformation or complete metamorphosis; metabolous; specifically, pertaining to or having the characters of the Heteromorpha or Heteromorphæ.

Also heteromorphous.

Of or pertaining to heteromorphism, in any sense of that word.

Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower. adjective

Having different forms in different stages of the life cycle adjective

Differing in size or structure from the normal adjective

Having different forms in different stages of the life cycle

Differing in size or structure from the normal

Noun: A heteromorph is a word that sounds similar to another word and can even carry the same meaning as the original word depending on how one understands it. Yet it is always spelled differently and may sound slightly different then the original word. Study the case of abominable vs. abonginable. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to heteromorphic:
heteromorphic, heteromorphism, heteromorph, heteromorphy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective heteromorphic:
chromosomes, pair, alternation, pairs, bivalent, bivalents, generations, histories, cycle, systems, incompatibility, head, history, regeneration, species, system, males, heads, telocentric, regions, cycles, tail, forms, type, male, phases, valve, tetrads, region, plants, union, nature, structures, tails, variants, homologues, types, flowers, seeds, strategies, arms, ammonites, zooids, techniques, arm, percepts, reciprocity, stem, diaspores, court, chromosome, organisms, lesions.

Words that sound like heteromorphic:
heteromorphic, metamorphic, heterotrophic, holomorphic, homomorphic, ectomorphic, biomorphic, sycamore fig, strophic, sudorific.