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Homologue



Homologue, in biology, structure or organ with the same evolutionary origin as an apparently different structure in another species. For example, there is little apparent similarity between a horse's leg and the flipper of a whale, but they have similar embryonic histories and are therefore homologues.



See also: Biology.

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