Analogous
Related Definitions
[adj] (biology) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
[adj] similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat"
Related Terms
akin, aligned, alike, analogical, answering, coequal, coextending, coextensive, collatable, collateral, commensurable, commensurate, comparable, comparative, complemental, complementary, concurrent, consonant, convertible, correlative, correspondent, corr