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PhyloCode

PhyloCode proper noun: a draft code of formal nomenclature intended to allow naming phylogenetic groups, of all living things, rather than taxonomic groups (taxa). Officially, such names are intended to supplement scientific names rather than replace them.

Proper noun

PhyloCode

  1. A draft code of formal nomenclature intended to allow naming phylogenetic groups, of all living things, rather than taxonomic groups (taxa). Officially, such names are intended to supplement scientific names rather than replace them.
    • They want to replace it with a more rational scheme they call the PhyloCode […] Given the hostile reception PhyloCode has received so far, they have a lot of convincing to do […]2004 September 11, New Scientist, pages 12–13

Origin of PhyloCode

From phylo- + code.

Questions about PhyloCode

What does PhyloCode mean?
PhyloCode means a draft code of formal nomenclature intended to allow naming phylogenetic groups, of all living things, rather than taxonomic groups (taxa). Officially, such names are intended to supplement scientific names rather than replace them.
What part of speech is PhyloCode?
PhyloCode is a proper noun.

Words near PhyloCode in the dictionary

  1. phyloclassification
  2. phyloclassifications
  3. phyloclassifier
  4. phyloclassifiers
  5. phyloclimatic
  6. PhyloCode
  7. phylodemographic
  8. phylodemography
  9. phylodendrogram
  10. phylodendrograms
  11. phylodiversities

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