ALLOCHTHONOUS | • allochthonous adj. Originating in a place other than where it is found. • allochthonous adj. (Geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation. • ALLOCHTHONOUS adj. refers to something, e.g. a rock, formed elsewhere than in its present location. |
ARTHROSPOROUS | • arthrosporous adj. Relating to arthrospores. • ARTHROSPOROUS adj. of or like an arthrospore, also ARTHROSPORIC. |
AUTOCHTHONOUS | • autochthonous adj. Native to the place where found; indigenous. • autochthonous adj. (Biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates. • autochthonous adj. (Geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance… |
CHONDROMATOUS | • chondromatous adj. Having or relating to chondromata. • CHONDROMATOUS adj. of or like a chondriosome, a mitochondrion. |
ENTOMOPHAGOUS | • entomophagous adj. Feeding on insects; insectivorous. • ENTOMOPHAGOUS adj. eating insects. |
HYDROSOMATOUS | • HYDROSOMATOUS adj. of or like hydrosomata. |
MONOTHALAMOUS | • monothalamous adj. (Botany) Whose spikelets are all similar. • monothalamous adj. (Zoology) Having a single chamber. • MONOTHALAMOUS adj. of an animal or protist, having a shell, test, or skeleton with a single chamber. |
OMMATOPHOROUS | • OMMATOPHOROUS adj. of or like ommatophore, an eyestalk, as in snails. |
ORTHOGNATHOUS | • orthognathous adj. (Anatomy) straight-jawed. • ORTHOGNATHOUS adj. having a lower jaw that neither projects nor recedes, also ORTHOGNATHIC. |
OSTREOPHAGOUS | • ostreophagous adj. Oyster-eating. • OSTREOPHAGOUS adj. oyster-eating. |
POSTHOLOCAUST | • postholocaust adj. After the Holocaust. • POSTHOLOCAUST adj. following the Holocaust. |
TAUROMORPHOUS | • tauromorphous adj. Bull-shaped. • TAUROMORPHOUS adj. bull-shaped. |
TAUTOCHRONOUS | • tautochronous adj. Occupying the same time. • tautochronous adj. (Mathematics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONOUS adj. lasting the same amount of time. |
THEOLOGOUMENA | • theologoumena n. Plural of theologoumenon. • THEOLOGOUMENON n. theological statement as opposed to divine one. |
TOXICOPHAGOUS | • TOXICOPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXIPHAGOUS. |
ULTRAORTHODOX | • ultraorthodox adj. Very orthodox, chiefly among Jewish sects. • ultra-Orthodox adj. (Of a Jew) Very strictly observant; Haredi; being either Hasidic or Litvish (Misnagdic). • ULTRAORTHODOX adj. extremely orthodox. |
XANTHOCHROOUS | • xanthochroous adj. Yellow‐skinned; of or pertaining to Xanthochroi. • XANTHOCHROOUS adj. exhibiting xanthochroism, a condition in which all pigments other than yellow disappear, also XANTHOCHROIC. |