Hetarism
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common.
Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or
thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
Having the
vertebral column evidently continued into the upper
lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a
heterocercal tail.
Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
In evolution, a
deviation from the typical
sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
2. Any thing or person
deviating from common forms.
2. Any thing or person
deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.