phylogeny
The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or cladesThe evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
» Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
Die Ontogenese stellt eine Rekapitulation der Phylogenese dar.
Онтогенез повторяет филогенез.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
Phylogenie
филоге́нияfilogénija, филогене́тикаfilogenɛ́tika
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
(countable, informal, uncountable)A phylogenetic diagram.
Holonym: tree of life
(countable, uncountable)The historical development of a human social or racial group.
Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
(countable, uncountable)The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
Examples
1 sentencesOntogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
ruОнтогенез повторяет филогенез.
deDie Ontogenese stellt eine Rekapitulation der Phylogenese dar.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as iBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: phylogenies| Singular | phylogeny |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms:evolutionorganic evolutionphylogenesis
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable