homotype

English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ -type.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒmətaɪp/, /ˈhəʊmətaɪp/

Noun

homotype (plural homotypes)

  1. (biology) That which has the same fundamental type of structure as something else.
    The right arm is the homotype of the right leg.
    One arm is the homotype of the other.
    • 1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton:
      humerus is the homotype of femur

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References

“homotype”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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