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adj. - Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Its ossification from a separate centre in mammals has therefore a homological significance.
  • They laid great store by homological resemblances, and dismissed analogies of structure as of little interest.
  • Irregularities in the circulating system are far from uncommon, and sometimes illustrate this homological tendency.
  • One could therefore immediately see how the methods of, e.g., homological algebra could be applied to, for instance, algebraic geometry.
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