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Dictionary definition for: Homologous
1. (a) having the same evolutionary origin but serving different functions; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous"
2. (a) corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft"
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