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analogous

/əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/
adjective
  1. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (often followed by "to".)

    Similar: comparable, correspondent, like, parallel, similar

  2. Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.

Synonymscomparable, correspondent, like, parallel, similar

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