According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
HOMOGENY
homogeny
(noun) (biology) similarity because of common evolution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
homogeny (usually uncountable, plural homogenies)
(biology) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships
Source: Wiktionary
Ho*mog"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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