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homologous

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10 lettersPronunciation /həˈmɒləɡəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ghlmoooosuStarts with HEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. Similar in structure, position, or origin, especially through shared ancestry.

Word origin

From Late Latin homologus, from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, reckoning”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix). From 1655, in the mathematical sense. See also homolog, homologue.

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  • Of equiangle triangles, the ſides that are about equall angles are proportionall, and the ſides that ſubtend the equall angles are homologous.
  • Flippers and hands are homologous structures.
  • Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.

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