Pronunciation: h
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Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
: a likeness often due to common origin: as a : structural likeness between corresponding parts (as the wing of a bat and the arm of a human being) of different plants or animals due to evolution from a common ancestor in the distant past b : structural likeness between a series of parts (as vertebrae) in the same individual
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