English Explanatory Dictionary

phylogenetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
  2. Of, or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms.

Pronunciation

/ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-phylogenetic.wav

Word forms

phylogenetic

Etymology

From phylo- + genetic, from German phylogenetisch, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from Phylogenese + -isch.

Related words

phylogenetics phylogenesis phylogeny taxonomic

Derived words

cophylogenetic ecophylogenetic geophylogenetic monophylogenetic nonphylogenetic phylogenetically phylogenetic tree prephylogenetic
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