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phylocentric

phylocentric adjective: centred upon tribes or races of people, or upon species of organisms.

Adjective

phylocentric (not comparable)

  1. Centred upon tribes or races of people, or upon species of organisms

Origin of phylocentric

From phylo- + -centric.

Questions about phylocentric

What does phylocentric mean?
Phylocentric means centred upon tribes or races of people, or upon species of organisms.
What part of speech is phylocentric?
Phylocentric is an adjective.

Words near phylocentric in the dictionary

  1. phylo-
  2. phyloanalytic
  3. phylobetadiversity
  4. phylobiogeographical
  5. phylobiogeography
  6. phylocentric
  7. phyloclade
  8. phyloclassification
  9. phyloclassifications
  10. phyloclassifier
  11. phyloclassifiers

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