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homoplasia

homoplasia is the alternative form of homoplasy.

Meaning of homoplasy

Noun

homoplasy (countable and uncountable, plural homoplasies)

  1. (evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
  2. A correspondence between variants in different versions of texts acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.

Questions about homoplasia

What is homoplasia the alternative form of?
Homoplasia is the alternative form of homoplasy.

Words near homoplasia in the dictionary

  1. homopiperazines
  2. homopiperazinium
  3. homopiperonylamine
  4. homopipramol
  5. homoplantaginin
  6. homoplasia
  7. homoplasic
  8. homoplasies
  9. homoplasious
  10. homoplasiously
  11. homoplasmic

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