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Analogous

Analogous

According to a due ratio, conformable, proportionate, resembling or similar in some respects, as in function or appearance, but not in origin or development. For example, the wing of an insect and the wing of a bird are analogous Structures.


Compare: homologous.

Origin: gr. Analogos


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