A graft transferred from an animal of one species to one of another species. Compare: allograft, autograft, isograft. Synonym(s): heterograft, heterologous graft, heteroplastic graft, xenogeneic graft. /hetÂ·eroÂ·graft/ (hetÂ´er-o-graftâ³) xenograft.
PORTLAND, TEXAS (San Patricio County). Portland is on a bluff overlooking Nueces Bay in southeastern San Patricio County.
In the 1960s and 1970s Portland grew primarily as a bedroom community for Corpus Christi. In 1988 its population was estimated at 12,000. In 1990 Portland had a population of 12,224 and had grown into Nueces County. The population was 14,827 in 2000.