Dictionary definition for: Analogous
1. (s) similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous" "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat"
2. (a) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
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