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phylloclade
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phylogeny
phylogeny
[
fī lójjəni
]
(
plural
phylogenies
)
or
phylogenesis
[
flō jénnəssiss
]
(
plural
phylogeneses
[
flō jénnəseez
]
)
noun
Definition:
development of group:
the evolutionary history of a species, genus, or group, as contrasted with the development of an individual
ontogeny
phylogenetic
[
flō jə néttik
]
adjective
phylogenetically
adverb
phylogenic
[
flō jénnik
]
adjective
phylogenically
adverb
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phylogenetic [ flō jə néttik ] adjectivephylogenetically adverbphylogenic [ flō jénnik ] adjectivephylogenically adverb
