Homomorphy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homomorphy \Ho"mo*mor`phy\, n. [Homo- + Gr. morfh` form.]
     (Biol.)
     Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while
     widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in
     geometric ground form. See {Homophyly}, {Promorphology}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homomorphy
       n : similarity of form [syn: {homomorphism}]