<hw>Ho*mop"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.</def>
<h1>Homostyled</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho"mo*styled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + <ets>style</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.</def>
<i>Darwin.</i>
<h1>Homosystemic</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho`mo*sys*tem"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + <ets>systemic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.</def>
<h1>Homotaxia</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho`mo*tax"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Homotaxis</er>.</def>
<h1>Homotaxial, Homotaxic</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw><hw>Ho`mo*tax"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho`mo*tax"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to homotaxis.</def>
<h1>Homotaxis</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho`mo*tax"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the same + <?/ arrangement.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of <i>heterotaxy</i>.</def>
<h1>Homotaxy</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho"mo*tax`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Homotaxis</er>.</def>
<h1>Homothermic, Homothermous</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw><hw>Ho`mo*ther"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho`mo*ther"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ heat.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; h\'91matothermal.</def>
<h1>Homotonous</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho*mot"o*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>homotonus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ the same + <?/ tone.]</ety> <def>Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.</def>
<h1>Homotropal, Homotropous</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw><hw>Ho*mot"ro*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho*mot"ro*pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ the same + <?/ turn, fr. <?/ to turn: cf. F. <ets>homotrope</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Turned in the same direction with something else.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.</def>
<h1>Homotypal</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Ho"mo*ty`pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; <as>as, <ex>homotypal</ex> parts</as>.</def>
<h1>Homotype</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw>Hom"o*type</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + -<ets>type</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the <i>homotype</i> of the right leg; one arm is the <i>homotype</i> of the other, etc.</def>
<i>Owen.</i>
<h1>Homotypic, Homotypical</h1> <Xpage=702>
<hw><hw>Ho`mo*typ"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho`mo*typ"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Homotypal</er>.</def>
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