homotypal

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adjective

Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype.

“homotypal parts”

Scrabble 19

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adjectivehomotypal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype.

    homotypal parts

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    It has been shewn that the whole skeleton of the vertebrate animal is made up of a series of segments, which, with an infinite number of variations, are yet homotypal; that is, of the same general form.

    1863, Augustus Clissold, Inspiration and Interpretation - Volume 5, page 32

    The alveolus and two roots of the second premolar (p 2) are included in this fragment of upper jaw, showing a decrease of size corresponding to that of the homotypal teeth of the mandible.

    1877, Richard Owen, Researches on the Fossil Remains of the Extinct Mammals of Australia, page 67

    From all these considerations, it will be seen that the vine presents a repetition both of homotypal parts and of homotypal arrangement of parts or forms; or, in other words, that all its parts are similar to one another, and in nice accordance with the whole.

    2022, Hugh Macmillian, The True Vine, page 99

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