tóng​yuán​yì​xíng

doublet

  • created sense approved 同源异形/同源異形 · tóng​yuán​yì​xíng · doublet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    同源异形 / 同源異形

    tóng​yuán​yì​xíng

    doublet

    (linguistics) Two or more words in a single language that come from the same original source word but have different forms and meanings.

    同源 (literal) → 同源 · tóng​yuán · cognate 异形 (literal) → 异形/異形 · yì​xíng · strange shape

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 同源异形/同源異形 · tóng​yuán​yì​xíng · homeosis — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    同源异形 / 同源異形

    tóng​yuán​yì​xíng

    homeosis

    (biology) The change of one body part into the likeness of another, often due to genetic mutation.

    同源 (literal) → 同源 · tóng​yuán · homologous 异形 (literal) → 异形/異形 · yì​xíng · heteromorphism

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense