Organophyly
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Organophyly is a noun meaning (historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Meaning
(historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Antonyms for organophyly
Common opposites include organogeny.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include organonymy, organonomy, morphonomy, organogeny, organotrophy, ecomorphology.
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