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philogeny

philogeny is the dated form of phylogeny.

Meaning of phylogeny

Noun

phylogeny (countable and uncountable, plural phylogenies)

  1. (systematics) 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    • It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.2022, Paul McAuley, Beyond the Burn Line, Gollancz, page 43
  2. (informal, systematics) A phylogenetic diagram.
    • Holonym: tree of life
  3. The historical development of a human social or racial group.
    • Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
  4. 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 of philogeny

pluralphilogenies

Questions about philogeny

What is philogeny the dated form of?
Philogeny is the dated form of phylogeny.

Words near philogeny in the dictionary

  1. Philogene
  2. Philogenes
  3. philogenies
  4. philogenitive
  5. philogenitiveness
  6. philogeny
  7. philograph
  8. philographer
  9. philographers
  10. philographic
  11. philographs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: philogeny (page history and authors); phylogeny (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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