'Homophyly' definitions:

Definition of 'Homophyly'

From: GCIDE

Homophyly \Ho*moph"y*ly\, n. [Homo- + Gr. ? a clan.] (Biol.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster]