| Back | homologous /huh-MOL-uh-guhs, hoh-/ |
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| Front | adjective 1. Exhibiting a degree of correspondence or similarity. 2. Corresponding in structure and evolutionary origin, but not necessarily in function. For example, human arm, dog foreleg, bird wing, and whale flipper are homologous. [From Greek homo- (same) + logos (word, proportion, reason). Earliest documented use: 1660.] "Hobbes argues that the family constitutes a structure homologous to the state." - Jean Bethke Elshtain; Sovereignty: God, State, and Self; Basic Books; 2008. "The Guide seemed to make a sign by certain motions of his robe which may or may not have involved the lifting of an arm or some homologous member." - HP Lovecraft; The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories; Penguin; 2004. |
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