Usually means: Different types within female organisms.
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  1. heterogynous: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterogynous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heterogynous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heterogynous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heterogynous: Wordnik
  6. heterogynous: Wiktionary
  7. heterogynous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. heterogynous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. heterogynous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Heterogynous, heterogynous: Dictionary.com
  11. Heterogynous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. heterogynous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Heterogynous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. heterogynous: FreeDictionary.org
  15. heterogynous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterogynous)

adjective:  (zoology) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure.
adjective:  (zoology) Having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants or bees.

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