Homocentric

[Gr. homokentros.) Having one and the same centre. Homocercal, ( hō -mō-ser'kal,) a. [Gr. homos , and kerkos, tail.] ( Zool .) A term applied to those fishes which have tails with rays regularly diverging from the backbone, as in the herring and trout; - in opposition to heterocercal. Homochromous, (ho-mok'ro-mus,) a. [Gr., one of color.] ( Bot . ) A term denoting that all the florets in the same flower-head are of one color. Homochit'to, in Mi i ippi, a small river rising in Copiah co., and entering the Mi i ippi River in Adams county. - A post-office of Franklin co. Homœome'ria, n. [Gr., similarity of parts.] (Phi los .) The name given to the physical theory of Anaxagoras of Clazomenæ, who flourished in the 5th cent. B. C. According to this hypothesis, every material substance is made up of infinitely small parts similar to itself. This theory bears some resemblance to that of the monads of Leibnitz in modern times. Homœomeric, Homœomer'ical, a . Pertaining to, or exhibiting samene of parts; having reference to the homogeneity of first principles. Homœomorphism, n. [Gr. homoios , alike, and morphe, form.] ( Anat .) Same as HOMOLOGY. Homœomorphous, a. Same as HOMOLOGOUS.