ADJECTIVE | all | heterological, heterologous, heterologic | 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, heterologic | |
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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