Hyperallometric

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That grows at a more than an allometric rate not-comparable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From hyper- + allometric.

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