...nervous system and symmetrical arrangement of the ganglions. HOMOLOGUE. (Gr. homos ; logos, speech. ) The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function. HOMOMORPHOUS. ( G r. homos, 1 ike ; morphe, form. ) Of similar form. HOMOPTERA. (Gr. homos, like; pteron,...

...support and progression of an animal on dry land than the fore-limbs : the * Homologuc, intimates the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function. Analoynt, a part or organ in an animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different...

...support and progression of an animal on dry land than the fore-limbs : tho * Homologue, intimates the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function. Analogue, a part or organ in an animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different...

...which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal. " HOMOLOGUE." — Tin: same organ in different animals under every variety...Draco volans ' offers a good illustration of both relation!. Its fore-limbs being composed of essentially the same paru as the wing* of a bird are homologous...

...are strictly speaking homologous. The term " homologue " is thus denned by Professor Owen: — "The same organ in different animals, under every variety of form and function." But we use the term " analogue " to express a part or organ in one animal, which has the same functions...

...are strictly speaking homologous. The term ' homologue" is thus denned by Professor Owen : — 4 The same organ in different animals, under every variety of form and function.' But we use the term ' analogue" to express a part or organ in one animal, which has the same functions...

...same function as another part or organ in a different animal : "' whilst by Homologue is implied " the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function." (Prof. Owen's Hunterian Lectures, Vol. I. Glossary.) Thus, for example, the wings of an Insect nre...

...rich a contribution to the cause of natural theology as the latter. By a " Homologue," Owen means the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function. Thus, the pectoral fins of the fish, the wings of the bird, the fore-feet of the mammal, and the arms...

...Homal'onotusdelphinoceph'alus,665 Homoge'neous, uniform in kind. Hom'ologue (Gr. o/toc, like ; Aoyoc, speech), the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function. Homol'ogy, or affinity, 16. Homop'tera (Gr. o/»oc, like ; irrt pov, a wing), the insects in which...

...HOMOLINON, see Apolinosis. HOM'OLOGUE, ffomol'ogit», same etymon as homology. A t«rm applied to the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function. HOMOL'OGY, from 'opoiot, 'like,' and \oyot, 'a description.' The doctrine of similar parts. Thus, the...