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organophyly

organophyly noun: the direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.

Noun

organophyly (uncountable)

  1. (historical, rare, theory of recapitulation) The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.

organophyly meaning in Tamil

organophyly in Tamil

அங்கவரலாறு

Antonyms of organophyly

Origin of organophyly

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

Questions about organophyly

What does organophyly mean?
Organophyly means the direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
What is organophyly in Tamil?
Organophyly in Tamil is அங்கவரலாறு. See Organophyly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is organophyly?
Organophyly is a noun.

Words near organophyly in the dictionary

  1. organophosphorous
  2. organophosphorus
  3. organophosphoryl
  4. organophosphoryls
  5. organophotoredox
  6. organophyly
  7. organoplastic
  8. organoplastics
  9. organoplasty
  10. organoplatinum
  11. organoplutonium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: organophyly (page history and authors); organophyly (Tamil 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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