XENOMORPHIC


Meaning of XENOMORPHIC in English

— xenomorphically , adv.

/zen'euh mawr"fik, zee'neuh-/ , adj.

1. Also, allotriomorphic . Petrog. noting or pertaining to a mineral grain that does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral.

2. in an unusual form; having a strange form.

[ 1885-90; XENO- + -MORPHIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .