D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Homoplasmy

· Ho·mo·plas·my · IPA
01 n. Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a comm…
  1. 1.
    Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.(Biol.)