Associations to the word «Heterologous»

Wiktionary

HETEROLOGOUS, adjective. Having different relationships or different elements
HETEROLOGOUS, adjective. (biology) Of, or relating to different species

Dictionary definition

HETEROLOGOUS, adjective. Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin.
HETEROLOGOUS, adjective. Derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a heterologous graft".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats