Definition of heteromerous

• a. - Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
• a. - With the parts not corresponding in number.
• a. - Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.
• a. - Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.