plural homoplasies
Definition of homoplasy
evolutionary biology
: correspondence or similarity in form or function between parts of different species or lineages that is not attributable to common ancestry but is the result especially of parallel or convergent evolution in similar environments or ecological niches — compare analogy, homology
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The first known use of homoplasy was in 1870
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