homological

English Thesaurus

1. similar in evolutionary origin but not in function (adj.all)

similar	:	homologous,
definition	:	having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function (adj.all)

domain category	:	biological science, biology,
definition	:	the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	homology,
definition	:	the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	homology,
definition	:	the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function (noun.attribute)