analogous

Adjective
  1. Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar (synset 302079377)
    "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
    similar: similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance
    synonym: correspondent
  2. Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin (synset 301223961)
    "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
    domain category: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

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