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Vinony

heterology

noun

  1. a lack of correspondence of apparently similar bodily parts due to differences in fundamental makeup or origin
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From hetero- + -logy.

  1. A lack of correspondence between biomolecules or body parts (e.g., proteins, tissues, bones, limbs) that reflects a difference in origin.
  2. The property of a word or phrase that does not describe itself.

    “The words ultrashort and onomatopoeia display heterology: ultrashort might be called short but is not an ultrashort word, and onomatopoeia is not an onomatopoeic word.”