Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a homological manner or sense; by means of homologies: distinguished from
analogically .
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- adverb In a
homological manner - adverb With reference to
homology
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Examples
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All those bones which are formed by a coalescence of parts answering to distinct elements of the typical vertebra are "homologically compound"
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The scapula in mammals is an example of what Owen calls a "homologically compound" bone.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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I look at all forms, which resemble each other homologically or embryologically, as certainly descended from the same species.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845
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In Drosera the chief seat is in the lower part of the tentacles, which, homologically, may be considered as prolongations of the leaf; but the whole blade often curls inwards, converting the leaf into a temporary stomach.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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Now there is no reason, so far as their common function of dealing with flesh is concerned, why the teeth of the Tasmanian wolf should not have resembled homologically as well as analogically the teeth of a true wolf; and therefore we cannot assign any intelligible reason why, if all the species of the dog genus were separately created with one pattern of teeth, the unallied Tasmanian wolf should have been furnished with what is practically the same pattern from a functional point of view, while differing from a structural point of view.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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