created sense approved 异形/異形 · yìxíng · strange shape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
异形 / 異形
yìxíng
strange shape
a strange or unusual form; an atypical shape; heterotype
异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · unusual 形 (literal) → 形 · xíng · shape
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 异形/異形 · yìxíng · Alien — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
异形 / 異形
yìxíng
Alien
(film) an extraterrestrial creature; specifically the monster from the "Alien" film series
异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · unusual 形 (literal) → 形 · xíng · shape
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 异形/異形 · yìxíng · heteromorphism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
异形 / 異形
yìxíng
heteromorphism
(bound form) having different forms at different stages of a life cycle or in different parts of an organism
异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · different 形 (literal) → 形 · xíng · shape
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 异形/異形 · yìxíng · suppletion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
异形 / 異形
yìxíng
suppletion
(linguistics) the replacement of one stem with another, phonologically unrelated stem in a grammatical paradigm (e.g., go/went)
异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · different 形 (literal) → 形 · xíng · shape
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition