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blastophyly

blastophyly noun: the direct study of the evolution of the forms of entire individuals rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.

Noun

blastophyly (uncountable)

  1. (historical, rare, theory of recapitulation) The direct study of the evolution of the forms of entire individuals rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.

Antonyms of blastophyly

Origin of blastophyly

Simplified learned borrowing from German Blastophylogenie, itself from blasto- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of blasto- + phylogeny to blasto- (“biological organs”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).

Questions about blastophyly

What does blastophyly mean?
Blastophyly means the direct study of the evolution of the forms of entire individuals rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
What part of speech is blastophyly?
Blastophyly is a noun.

Words near blastophyly in the dictionary

  1. blastophoral
  2. blastophore
  3. blastophores
  4. blastophoric
  5. blastophthoria
  6. blastophyly
  7. blastoporal
  8. blastopore
  9. blastopores
  10. blastoporic
  11. blastor

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