Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
homœotype . - noun In biology: That which is constructed on the same plan or type, as metameres of the body; that which exhibits serial homology. See
homology . Hence— An organ or part of an organ symmetrical with or equivalent to another organ or part of an organ on the opposite side of the body; an antitypical, correlative, or reversed repetition of a part across a given axis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the
homotype of the right leg; one arm is thehomotype of the other, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology That which has the same
fundamental type ofstructure with something else.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
homo- + -type
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word homotype.
Examples
-
Homoetype: = homotype; q.v. Homogeneous: of the same kind or nature: similar in texture or parts.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
-
However variously these anthropomorphic ideas may have shaped themselves in dualistic and pluralistic religions, all in common retain the unworthy conception that God (_Theos_) and man (_homo_) are organised similarly and according to the same type (homotype).
Monism as Connecting Religion and Science A Man of Science Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.