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homoplasy(dictionary)

Tartarus (iou) and homoplasy (iou)


Tartarus (iou)



Tartarus noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek Tartaros.]
Greek Mythology. An abyss below Hades where the Titans were confined; a place of punishment in Hades; gen. hell. M16.
A hellish or horrific place or situation. E19.
De Quincey The dismal Tartarus of the kitchens.

homoplasy (iou)



homoplasy noun. L19.
[formed as HOMOPLASTIC + Greek plasia: see -PLASIA, -Y3.]
Biology. (An instance of) similarity of structure produced independently (as) by the operation of similar circumstances.