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相似器官 (soujikikan) Japanese meaning: analogous organ | Kotomora

相そう似じ器き官かん

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Meanings

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analogous organ

Biology term for organs that have similar functions but different evolutionary origins, e.g., insect wings and bird wings.

昆こん虫ちゅうの翅はねと鳥とりの翼つばさは相そう似じ器き

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Insect wings and bird wings are examples of analogous organs.

Kanji

相inter-, mutual, together
似becoming, resemble, counterfeit
器utensil, vessel, receptacle
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

相そう同どう器き官かん
相同器官 (homologous organ) shares a common evolutionary origin but may have different functions, while 相似器官 (analogous organ) has a similar function but different origin.

Built from

相そう似じ+器き官かん

Etymology

Compound of 相似 (sōji, 'similarity, analogy') and 器官 (kikan, 'organ'). The term is a direct calque from Western biological terminology.