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homoplasy

homoplasy noun: a correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.

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.

homoplasy meaning in Tamil

homoplasy in Tamil

ஒத்த கட்டமைவுடைய, சமவுருநிலை

Antonyms of homoplasy

Forms of homoplasy

pluralhomoplasies

Origin of homoplasy

Coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1870, from homo- + -plasy, formed from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “similar, alike, the same”) and πλάσσω (plássō, “to shape, to mold”).

Questions about homoplasy

What does homoplasy mean?
Homoplasy means a correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
What is homoplasy in Tamil?
Homoplasy in Tamil is ஒத்த கட்டமைவுடைய, சமவுருநிலை. See Homoplasy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is homoplasy?
Homoplasy is a noun.
What is the plural of homoplasy?
The plural of homoplasy is homoplasies.

Words near homoplasy in the dictionary

  1. homoplastically
  2. homoplastomic
  3. homoplastomy
  4. homoplasts
  5. homoplasty
  6. homoplasy
  7. homoploid
  8. homoploidal
  9. homoploids
  10. homoploidy
  11. homoploutia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homoplasy (page history and authors); homoplasy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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