| ADJECTIVE | all | heterologic, heterologous, heterological | not corresponding / corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin |
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| Meaning | not corresponding / corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin. | |
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| Synonyms | heterologous, heterological | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Opposite | analogous | corresponding / corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin |
| homologous | Having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function | |
| Nouns | heterology | (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts |
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