Homoplasmy

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

  Homoplasmy \Ho"mo*plas`my\, n. [Homo- + Gr. ? anything formed,
     fr. ? to form, mold.] (Biol.)
     Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external
     shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to
     descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding
     circumstances.


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