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HOMOGENY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(biology) similarity because of common evolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("homogeny" is a kind of...):
similarity (the quality of being similar)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
homogeneous; homogenous (all of the same or similar kind or nature)