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homologue

1. (BIOLOGY) A structure or organ that has the same evolutionary origin as an apparently different structure in another species. For instance, there is little apparent similarity between a horse's leg and a whale's flipper, but both have similar evolutionary history.


2. (CHEMISTRY) A member of an homologous series.

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