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phylotype en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon)der. English phylo- English type English phylotype From phylo- + type.

Meanings

1. A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.
2. A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop. ▸ The pharyngula stage of vertebrates.
3. A phenetic grouping.
   • But DNA sequencing isolated the 167,000 different phylotypes (roughly equivalent to species) contained in the samples. 2014 October 2, Andy Newman, “Beneath Central Park, a Teeming Universe”, in New York Times City Room:

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phylotype en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon)der. English phylo- English type English phylotype From phylo- + type.

Meanings

1. To describe and categorise such phenetic groups.

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