HOMOPLASY

Meaning of HOMOPLASY in English

— homoplastic /hoh'meuh plas"tik, hom'euh-/ , adj.

/heuh mop"leuh see, hoh"meuh plas'ee, -play'see, hom"euh-/ , n. Biol.

correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.

[ 1865-70; HOMO- + -PLASY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HOMOPLASY — noun Date: 1870 correspondence between parts or organs acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOMOPLASY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌplāsē, -lasē; hōˈmäpləsē, häˈ- noun ( -es ) Etymology: hom- + -plasy : correspondence between parts or organs acquired as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOPLASY — (n.) See Homogeny.
Английский словарь Webster
HOMOPLASY — ( n. ) See Homogeny.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMOPLASY — noun Date: 1870 : correspondence between parts or organs acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOMOPLASY — noun ·see homogeny.
Webster English vocab
HOMOPLASY — [ho.mo.pla.sy] n (1870): correspondence between parts or organs acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOMOPLASY — Pronunciation: ' h ō -m ə - ˌ pl ā -s ē , ' hä-, - ˌ pla-; h ō …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOMOPLASTIC — adjective Date: 1870 of or relating to homoplasy, of, relating to, or derived from another individual of the same species
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ISOMORPHY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷fē noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary is- + -morphy : homoplasy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOPLASTIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|plastik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hom- + -plastic 1. : of or relating to homoplasy homoplastic organ 2. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOPLASIA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at homo- +ˈplāzh(ē)ə noun or homo·pla·sis -ˈpläsə̇s ( plural homopla·sias -āzh(ē)əz ; or homopla·ses -āˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOGENY — hōˈmäjənē, həˈ-, häˈ- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Greek homogeneia, from homogenēs of the same kind + -ia -y — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOGENY — (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to …
Английский словарь Webster
HOMOGENY — ( n. ) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMOPLASTIC — adjective Date: 1870 1. : of or relating to homoplasy 2. : of, relating to, or derived from another individual …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOMOGENY — noun joint nature. 2. homogeny ·noun the correspondence of common descent; a term used to supersede homology by lankester, …
Webster English vocab
HOMOPLASTIC — [ho.mo.plas.tic] adj (1870) 1: of or relating to homoplasy 2: of, relating to, or derived from another individual of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-PLASIA — [-plasia] or -plasy n comb form [NL -plasia, fr. Gk plasis molding, fr. plassein]: development: formation "hyperplasia" "homoplasy"
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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