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xenologous

xenologous adjective: homologous due to horizontal gene flow.

Adjective

xenologous (not comparable)

  1. homologous due to horizontal gene flow

Origin of xenologous

From xenologue + -ous.

Questions about xenologous

What does xenologous mean?
Xenologous means homologous due to horizontal gene flow.
What part of speech is xenologous?
Xenologous is an adjective.

Words near xenologous in the dictionary

  1. xenolivers
  2. xenolog
  3. xenological
  4. xenologist
  5. xenologists
  6. xenologous
  7. xenologously
  8. xenologs
  9. xenologue
  10. xenologues
  11. xenology

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