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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | alike, analogous, autologous, correspondent, corresponding, homologized, related |
| Notes: | homologus features are those that were originally the same in evolutionary development but have adapted differently (arms of humans, forelegs of cats, etc.); analogous features are those that resemble one another in function but are traceable back to completely different origins |
| Antonyms: | dissimilar, heterologous, unrelated |
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