Analogous - Definition
analogous
adj 1: similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise
dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered
analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to
caviar" [syn: analogous, correspondent]
2: corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;
"the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
[ant: heterologic, heterological, heterologous,
homologous]