HOMOLOGOUS
Scrabble letter values: H4O1M3O1L1O1G2O1U1S1 = 16
Definition
- adjective having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function.
- adjective corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics.
Examples
- “the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous”
- “especially derived from an organism of the same species”
- “a homologous tissue graft”