morphophyly
The direct study of the evolution of forms rather than observation of its supposed…The direct study of the evolution of forms rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, rare, uncountable)The direct study of the evolution of forms rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Origin
Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphophylogenie, itself from morph- + PhylogenieSimplified learned borrowing from German Morphophylogenie, itself from morph- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of morpho- + phylogeny to morpho- (“shape”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).
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Antonyms
2 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable