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v. - Make the same in relative position, value, or structure.

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  • But ordinary methods of comparison fail when the attempt is made to homologise the structure of fishes with that of air-breathing
  • Their teeth are strange, with cusps and folds that have proved almost impossible to homologise with those of other placental mammals.
  • Owing to the difference of development he would not homologise these bones in the newt with the palatine and pterygoid of other Vertebrates.
  • In the great class of molluscs, though we can homologise the parts of one species with those of another and distinct species, we can indicate but few serial homologies;...
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