"xenomorphism" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1953, Raymond Cecil Moore, Curt Teichert, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: Protista 2. vols. 1-2. c1964, page 95",
          "text": "Xenomorphism in oysters remains restricted to the umbonal region of the right valve.",
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          "ref": "1969, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology - Issue 53, page 487",
          "text": "The form of the enigma basis is inherently functional; the details and form of the locus in the Mercenaria are responsive and the juxtaposition of the Mclellania basis with the Mercenaria produces xenomorphism in both.",
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          "ref": "1970, Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.",
          "text": "The xenomorphism of sylvite is consistent with the fact that even after the complete solidification of halite this mineral must have ...",
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          "ref": "1975, E.J. Grill, Geology of Central Badakhshan and Surrounding Countries, page 200",
          "text": "Without change in the percentage of the other components, there is a structural variation, that is a general xenomorphism.",
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