PHYLOGENY


Meaning of PHYLOGENY in English

n.

Pronunciation: f ī - ' lä-j ə -n ē

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -nies

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: circa 1872

1 : the evolutionary history of a kind of organism

2 : the evolution of a genetically related group of organisms as distinguished from the development of the individual organism

3 : the history or course of the development of something (as a word or custom)

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.