homalos
Homalos is a term of Greek origin, derived from the word for smooth, even, or level. In contemporary scholarly usage, it appears primarily as a root in scientific terms and is not a stand-alone concept with a single, unified definition.
In paleontology, the best-known usage related to homalos is in the historical group name Homalozoa. Homalozoa
Beyond Homalozoa, the root homal- appears in various scientific coinages to indicate uniformity, smoothness, or evenness
In summary, homalos primarily signals notions of evenness or regularity and is most prominently encountered in
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