heteromorphic Meaning, Definition & Usage

Het`er*o*mor"phic adjective
Etymology
Hetero- + Gr. form.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) 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.

Webster 1913