English Dictionary: phylogeny | 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]: | |
Phylogenesis \Phy`lo*gen"e*sis\, Phylogeny \Phy*log"e*ny\, n. [Gr. [?] tribe + E. genesis, or root of Gr. [?] to be born.] The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally. |