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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Homophyly \Ho*moph"y*ly\, n. [Homo- + Gr. ? a clan.] (Biol.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster]