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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; <as>as, <ex>bay</ex> and <ex>bey</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Homophony</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*moph"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>homophonie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sameness of sound.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Sameness of sound; unison.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Plain harmony, as opposed to <i>polyphony</i>. See <er>Homophonous</er>.</def>

<h1>Homophylic</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho`mo*phyl"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to homophily.</def>

<h1>Homophyly</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*moph"y*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a clan.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to <i>homomorphy</i>, to which genealogic basis is wanting.</def>

<i>Haeckel.</i>

<h1>Homoplasmy</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho"mo*plas`my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ anything formed, fr. <?/ to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Homoplast</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Hom"o*plast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of the plastids composing the <i>idorgan</i> of Haeckel; -- also called <i>homo\'94rgan</i>.</def>

<h1>Homoplastic</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho`mo*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + <ets>plastic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to homoplasty; <as>as, <ex>homoplastic</ex>organs; <ex>homoplastic</ex> forms.</as></def>

<h1>Homoplasty</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho"mo*plas`ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + <ets>plasty</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The formation of homologous tissues.</def>

<h1>Homoplasy</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mop"la*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Homogeny</er>.</def>

<h1>Homopolic</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho`mo*pol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + <ets>pole</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with <i>similar poles</i>. See <er>Promorphology</er>.</def>

<h1>Homopter</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mop"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Homoptera.</def>

<h1>Homoptera</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mop"te*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the same, like + <?/ wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See <er>Hemiptera</er>.</def>

<h1>Homopteran</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mop"ter*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An homopter.</def>

<h1>Homopterous</h1> <Xpage=702>