analogous

Adj.	1.	analogous - similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat" correspondent similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
	2.	analogous - corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms heterologic, heterological, heterologous - not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin homologous - having the same evolutionary origin but serving different functions; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous"

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