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Hominidae
- noun - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
Hominoids
- noun - a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
Homocercy
- - The possession of a homocercal tail.
Homodemic
- - A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.
Homodermy
- - Homology of the germinal layers.
Homograft
- noun - tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
Homograph
- noun - two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
Homologic
- adjective - similar in evolutionary origin but not in function
Homologue
- - That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.