homologous

homologous has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
• a.. Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
• a.. Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
• a.. Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.
• a.. Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
• 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"
• a.. having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous"