adjective
- Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar.
- usage: "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
- synonyms: correspondent
- Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin.
- usage: "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
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