Analogue. A part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.
Richard OwenMr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even to the total obliteration of certain meshes.
Richard OwenBut, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.
Richard OwenHomologue. The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.
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