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ontogeny

/ɒnˈtɒdʒəni/

ontogeny noun: synonym of ontogenesis.

Noun

ontogeny (countable and uncountable, plural ontogenies)

  1. Synonym of ontogenesis.
    Synonyms:
    ontogenesis

ontogeny meaning in Tamil and Urdu

ontogeny in Tamil

ஒத்த சொல்லும் அதன் பொருளும், கரு வளர்ச்சி, உயிரியின் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு, வியத்திவரலாறு

ontogeny in Urdu

بلوغیت

Synonyms of ontogeny

Forms of ontogeny

pluralontogenies

Origin of ontogeny

From onto- + -geny, after German Ontogenie.

Words formed from ontogeny

Questions about ontogeny

What does ontogeny mean?
Ontogeny means synonym of ontogenesis.
What is ontogeny in Tamil?
Ontogeny in Tamil is ஒத்த சொல்லும் அதன் பொருளும், கரு வளர்ச்சி, உயிரியின் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு. See Ontogeny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ontogeny?
Ontogeny is a noun.
How do you pronounce ontogeny?
Ontogeny is pronounced /ɒnˈtɒdʒəni/ (UK).
What is the plural of ontogeny?
The plural of ontogeny is ontogenies.

Words near ontogeny in the dictionary

  1. ontogenical
  2. ontogenically
  3. ontogenies
  4. ontogenist
  5. ontogenists
  6. ontogeny
  7. ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
  8. ontogimorph
  9. ontogimorphs
  10. ontogram
  11. ontograms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ontogeny (page history and authors); ontogeny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ontogeny (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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