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homœologous

US/ˌhoʊmiˈɒləɡəs/

homœologous is the alternative spelling of homoeologous.

Meaning of homoeologous

Adjective

homoeologous (not comparable)

  1. (of a chromosome) Similar in genetic makeup, especially that were homologous in an ancestral form.
    • By using blocking DNA and pre-annealing to block homoeologous sequences, labeled genomic DNA probes from one parent could not hybridize to chromosomes from the other one.2015, Xiaoting Huang et al., “Genomic in situ hybridization identifies parental chromosomes in hybrid scallop (Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Pectinidae) between female Chlamys farreri and male Argopecten...

Origin of homœologous

By surface analysis, homœology + -ous, or, by surface analysis, homœo- + -log(y)> + -ous.

Words that rhyme with homœologous

Questions about homœologous

What is homœologous the alternative spelling of?
Homœologous is the alternative spelling of homoeologous.
How do you pronounce homœologous?
Homœologous is pronounced /ˌhoʊmiˈɒləɡəs/ (US).

Words near homœologous in the dictionary

  1. homœogenesis
  2. homœograph
  3. homœographs
  4. homœoid
  5. homœoidal
  6. homœologous
  7. homœomeria
  8. homœomeric
  9. homœomerous
  10. homœomery
  11. homœomorph

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homœologous (page history and authors); homoeologous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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