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hyperallometric en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + allometric.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a population) That grows at a more than an allometric rate
   • The relationship between male and female thorax length was significantly hyperallometric, indicating a greater evolutionary divergence in male body size, even though the other traits showed isometric relationships. 2015 December 19, “Body Size Adaptations to Altitudinal Climatic Variation in Neotropical Grasshoppers of the Genus Sphenarium (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Antonyms

hypoallometric

Relateds

hyperallometry