phylogeny
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phylogeny
- /faɪˈlɒd͡ʒəni/ UK
- /faɪˈlɑd͡ʒəni/ Canada, US
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Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word φυλογένεια (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + -γένεια (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”), equivalent to phylo- + -geny.
noun phylogenies
- The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades. It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.
- A phylogenetic diagram. Holonym: tree of life
- The historical development of a human social or racial group. Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
- The historical development of any thing, idea, etc. Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]
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noun evolutionary history of an organism
| Español | filogenia |
|---|---|
| Português | filogenia |
| Français | phylogénie |
| Deutsch | Phylogenie |
| Italiano | filogenesi, filogenia |
| Română | filogenie |
| Русский | филоге́ния filogénija, филогене́тика filogenɛ́tika |
| עברית | פִילוֹגֶנֶזָה |
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