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heterology

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10 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eeghloortyStarts with HEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts

Word origin

From hetero- + -logy.

Used in a sentence

  • The words ultrashort and onomatopoeia display heterology: ultrashort might be called short but is not an ultrashort word, and onomatopoeia is not an onomatopoeic word.

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