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Heteronym :: Heteronym (n.) That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.

Homonym :: Homonym (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear..

Homonymy :: Homonymy (n.) Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

Homonymy :: Homonymy (n.) Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.

Homonymously :: Homonymously (adv.) In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

Epimere :: Epimere (n.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf..

Homonymous :: Homonymous (a.) Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous..

Homonymously :: Homonymously (adv.) Equivocally; ambiguously.

Homonymous :: Homonymous (a.) Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

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