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(biology) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype..
homotypal parts
It has been shewn that the whole skeleton of the vertebrate animal is made up of a series of segments, which, with an infinite number of variations, are yet homotypal; that is, of the same general form.
The alveolus and two roots of the second premolar (p 2) are included in this fragment of upper jaw, showing a decrease of size corresponding to that of the homotypal teeth of the mandible.
From all these considerations, it will be seen that the vine presents a repetition both of homotypal parts and of homotypal arrangement of parts or forms; or, in other words, that all its parts are similar to one another, and in nice accordance with the whole.
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Homotypal means (biology) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype..
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homotypal parts
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