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Meaning of analogous

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  analogous
      adj 1: similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise
             dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered
             analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to
             caviar" [syn: {analogous}, {correspondent}]
      2: corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;
         "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
         [ant: {heterologic}, {heterological}, {heterologous},
         {homologous}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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