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phylogeny

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9 lettersPronunciation /faɪˈlɒd͡ʒəni/Part of speech nounSorted eghlnopyyStarts with PEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

Word origin

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.

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  • It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.
  • Holonym: tree of life
  • Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.

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