- having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
- corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird.
- similar or corresponding in some respect
- (of organs and parts) having the same function but different evolutionary origin
- formed by analogy
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