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homophyly
CIDE DICTIONARY
homophyly, n. [Homo- + Gr. a clan.].
That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel. [1913 Webster]
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