English Dictionary: ontogeny | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ontogenesis \On`to*gen"e*sis\, Ontogeny \On*tog"e*ny\, n. [See {Ontology}, and {Genesis}.] (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also {henogenesis}, {henogeny}. |