heteronymous

heteronymous
heteronymously, adv.
/het'euh ron"euh meuhs/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
2. having different names, as a pair of correlatives: Father and son are heteronymous relatives.
[1725-35; < LGk heterónymos having a different name. See HETERONYM, -OUS]

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