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English Dictionary: heteronym by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heteronym
n
  1. two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heteronym \Het"er*o*nym\, n.
      That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name
      or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
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