HETERONYMOUS


Meaning of HETERONYMOUS in English

|hed.ə|ränəməs adjective

Etymology: Late Greek heterōnymos, from Greek hetero- heter- + onyma, onoma name — more at name

: having different designations

parent and child are heteronymous relatives

— opposed to homonymous

• het·er·on·y·mous·ly adverb

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