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(biology) similarity because of common evolution
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homogeny
Word definitions for homogeny in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (biology) similarity because of common evolution
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "uniformity of nature;" by 1856 in biological sense, from Greek homogeneia "community of origin," from homogene "of the same race or kind" (see homogeneous ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Homogeny \Ho*mog"e*ny\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? race, kind.] Joint nature. [Obs.] --Bacon. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships
Usage examples of homogeny.
In the hands of a less-accomplished artist, this could well have come off with the same dreadful homogeny of the Conan comics endlessly published by Marvel.
The other dissimilar building was the cantina itself, a magnificent triumph of beauty and design when compared with the dismal homogeny of the rest of the colony.