phylogeny en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /faɪˈlɒd͡ʒəni/ (UK)
- /faɪˈlɑd͡ʒəni/ (Canada, US)
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word φυλογένεια (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + -γένεια (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”), equivalent to phylo- + -geny.
Meanings
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(countable, qualifier:systematics, uncountable) 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It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.
2022, Paul McAuley, Beyond the Burn Line, Gollancz, page 43:
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(countable, informal, qualifier:systematics, uncountable) A phylogenetic diagram.
Holonym: tree of life
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(countable, uncountable) The historical development of a human social or racial group.
Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
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(countable, uncountable) The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]
2010, The Journey of Child Development, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phylogenies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
geophylogeny · organophyly · phylogenist · macrophylogeny · physiophyly · cophylogeny · polyphylogeny · cormophyly · morphophyly · monophylogeny · subphylogeny · ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny · histophyly · megaphylogeny · blastophyly · cytophylogeny
Relateds
ontogeny · phylesis · philoxenia · phylogenic · phylogenetics
Synonyms
Translations (23)
it filogenesi (evolutionary history of an organism) · ca filogènia (evolutionary history of an organism) · ru филоге́ния (evolutionary history of an organism) · he פִילוֹגֶנֶזָה (evolutionary history of an organism) · ro filogenie (evolutionary history of an organism) · cs fylogeneze (evolutionary history of an organism) · ru филогене́тика (evolutionary history of an organism) · hu törzsfejlődés (evolutionary history of an organism) · nl fylogenie (evolutionary history of an organism) · mi kukuwhatanga (evolutionary history of an organism) · bg филоге́ния (evolutionary history of an organism) · kmr fîlojenî (evolutionary history of an organism) · fi lajinkehitys (evolutionary history of an organism) · sh filogénija (evolutionary history of an organism) · fr phylogénie (evolutionary history of an organism) · fi fylogenia (evolutionary history of an organism) · tl lipmulaan (evolutionary history of an organism) · it filogenia (evolutionary history of an organism) · es filogenia (evolutionary history of an organism) · de Phylogenie (evolutionary history of an organism) · pt filogenia (evolutionary history of an organism) · ga fíligineacht (evolutionary history of an organism) · sv fylogeni (evolutionary history of an organism)