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The wings of a butterfly and the wings of a pigeon are said to be

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analogous organs
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homologous organs
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vestigial organs
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adaptive organs
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Solution

The correct option is A analogous organs
Analogous organs are those organs which are structurally different and functionally similar in unrelated groups of organisms. In this example, the butterfly is a non-chordate while the pigeon is a higher chordate (bird) and yet, both of them use their wings to fly.

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