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homotaxial

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ho⋅mo⋅tax⋅is

  [hoh-muh-tak-sis, hom-uh-]
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–noun
a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
Also, ho⋅mo⋅tax⋅y.

Origin:
1860–65; homo- + -taxis

Related forms:
ho⋅mo⋅tax⋅ic, ho⋅mo⋅tax⋅i⋅al  [hoh-muh-tak-see-uhl, hom-uh-] , adjective
ho⋅mo⋅tax⋅i⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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ho·mo·tax·is   (hō'mō-tāk'sĭs, hŏm'ō-)   
n.  Similarity of stratigraphic arrangement and fossils in noncontemporaneous or widely separated geologic deposits.
ho'mo·tax'ic (-tāk'sĭk), ho'mo·tax'i·al (-tāk'sē-əl) adj.
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