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Analogous Structure

A body part similar in function to that of another organism, but at best superficially similar in structure. The functional similarities of analogous structures are regarded within Darwinism not as evidence of inheritance from a common ancestor, as in homology, but as evidence of environmental pressure inducing the same function.

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