BioConcepts

paralogyparalogie (fr.); Paralogie (ger.)

• Esp. in the terminology of I. J. Hunter: morphological or anatomical similarity that does not imply homology or similarity of function (analogy); an instance of this. (OED 2011)
  category homology

  1964

  Paralogy, then, refers only to anatomical similarity and has no phylogenetic or functional implications

  Hunter, I.J. (1964). Paralogy, a concept complementary to homology and analogy. Nature 204, 604.