homotype

English

Etymology

homo- +‎ -type

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒmətaɪp/, /ˈhəʊmətaɪp/

Noun

homotype (plural homotypes)

1. (biology) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else.

   The right arm is the homotype of the right leg.

   One arm is the homotype of the other.

   • 1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton:

     humerus is the homotype of femur

References

“homotype”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.