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homotypal en · ADJ

Etymology

From homotype + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype.
    • homotypal parts
    • 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. 2022, Hugh Macmillian, The True Vine, page 99:
    • 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. 1877, Richard Owen, Researches on the Fossil Remains of the Extinct Mammals of Australia, page 67:
    • 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. 1863, Augustus Clissold, Inspiration and Interpretation - Volume 5, page 32: