English Explanatory Dictionary

phylogenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Evolutionary development of a species.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

phylogenesis phylogeneses

Etymology

Borrowed from German Phylogenese, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. By surface analysis, phylo- + -genesis.

Synonyms

phylogeny

Related words

ontogenesis
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