'analogous' definitions:

Definition of 'analogous'

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adjective
Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" [syn: analogous, correspondent]
adjective
Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous" [ant: heterologic, heterological, heterologous, homologous]