Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/faɪˈlɒd͡ʒəni/ · noun
(systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades..
It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.
Holonym: tree of life
Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]
Use phylogeny when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Phylogeny means (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades..
Common synonyms include phylogenesis, evolution.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.