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noun
The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydranths; said of certain hydroids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The property of certain substances of crystallizing in similar forms while differing in chemical composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: plesiomorphism
Antonyms: none provided
History
From iso- + gon- + -ism.
From iso- + -gon + -ism.
