homotype

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homotype - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homotype \Hom"o*type\, n. [Homo- + -type.] (Biol.)
     That which has the same fundamental type of structure with
     something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the
     right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc. --Owen.
     Homotypic