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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Homophyly

· Ho·moph·y·ly · IPA
01 n. That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
  1. 1.
    That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.(Biol.)