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Noun: homolog  'hó-mu,lóg
Usage: US (elsewhere: homologue)
  1. A thing or part that corresponds to another in structure, function, or evolutionary origin
    "The wing of a bat is the homolog of the human arm";
    - homologue

Derived forms: homologs

Encyclopedia: Homolog