homol1dæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. homol ( a ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide. ] Zool .: Homolians; a family of decapod crustaceans, sub-order Anomoura; carapace spiny and rostrate; inner antenne long; three middle pairs of claws long and cylindrical; the fifth short, not used in locomotion. hom-ol-ở-gāte, v . t . [Low Lat. homolog a tum , sup. of homologo , from Gr. homologeō to agree: homos =same, and lego to say.] To approve, to agree to, to ratify, to establish. ho-mol-o-gā-tion, s. [Eng. homolog at ( e ); -ion.] 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of homologating; ratification, approval. 2. Scots Law : A technical expre ion signifying an act by which a person approves of a deed, the effect of which approbatory act is to render that deed, though in itself defective, binding upon the person by whom it is homologated. hăm-ô-l0g-1-cal, a . [Eng. homolog (y); -ical .] Of or pertaining to homology; homologous. hăm-ở-log-ic-al-lý, adv . [Eng. homological ; -ly .] In a homological manner or sense.