adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ f ī -l ō -j ə - ' ne-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin phylogenesis phylogeny, from phyl- + genesis
Date: 1877
1 : of or relating to phylogeny
2 : based on natural evolutionary relationships
3 : acquired in the course of phylogenetic development : RACIAL
– phy · lo · ge · net · i · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb