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homophilous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

homophilic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1929, Report of the Health Department of The Panama Canal for the Calendar Year 1929, page unknown The evidence seems conclusive that A. tarsimaculatus variety aquacaelestis is but slightly homophilous.

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History

Etymology

From homo- + -philous.