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homoplasies

homoplasies is the plural 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 homoplasies

What is homoplasies the plural of?
Homoplasies is the plural of homoplasy.

Words near homoplasies in the dictionary

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

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