Homologue Definition

häməlôg, hōməlôg
homologues
noun
A homologous part, thing, organ, etc.
Webster's New World
(linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
Wiktionary
(genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
Wiktionary

Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.

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Other Word Forms of Homologue

Noun

Singular:
homologue
Plural:
homologues

Origin of Homologue

  • From French homologue.

    From Wiktionary

Homologue Sentence Examples

  • This last tube is probably the homologue of Laurer's canal (Goto, 8).

  • Nearer the uterus than the ep08phoron a few scattered tubules are occasionally found which are looked upon as the homologue of the organ of Giraldbs in the male, and are known as the paroophoron.

  • Thelyphonus and its allies, however, have a long tactile caudal flagellum, the homologue of the scorpion's sting; but its exact use is unknown.

  • In the hind-leg (where it is the homologue apparently of the peroneus brevis of man) the tendon becomes blended with that of the large extensor.

  • It also appears that there is a highly similar mouse homologue to that gene, however containing a few extra exons.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOM

Words Ending With

EUEGUE

Unscrambles

homologue

Words Starting With H and Ending With E

Starts With H & Ends With EStarts With HO & Ends With EStarts With H & Ends With UE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With H9 Letter Words Ending With E