A plural form referring to organisms or structures composed of different types of parts or segments.
From Greek 'hetero-' (different) and 'meros' (part), coined in scientific Latin to describe biological entities with dissimilar components.
This term reveals how scientists use Greek and Latin building blocks to describe the natural world—'hetero-' and 'meros' combine like LEGO bricks to create precise scientific vocabulary that can describe anything with unmatched parts.
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