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phylogenesis

phylogenesis noun: evolutionary development of a species.

Noun

phylogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural phylogeneses)

  1. Evolutionary development of a species.
    Synonyms:
    phylogeny

phylogenesis meaning in Tamil

phylogenesis in Tamil

ஃபைலத் தோற்றம், ஃபைலோஜெனிசிஸ்

Synonyms of phylogenesis

Forms of phylogenesis

pluralphylogeneses

Origin of phylogenesis

Borrowed from German Phylogenese, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. By surface analysis, phylo- + -genesis.

Questions about phylogenesis

What does phylogenesis mean?
Phylogenesis means evolutionary development of a species.
What is phylogenesis in Tamil?
Phylogenesis in Tamil is ஃபைலத் தோற்றம், ஃபைலோஜெனிசிஸ். See Phylogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phylogenesis?
Phylogenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of phylogenesis?
The plural of phylogenesis is phylogeneses.

Words near phylogenesis in the dictionary

  1. phylodynamic
  2. phylodynamically
  3. phylodynamics
  4. phyloevolutionary
  5. phylogeneses
  6. phylogenesis
  7. phylogenetic
  8. phylogenetic tree
  9. phylogenetic trees
  10. phylogenetical
  11. phylogenetically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phylogenesis (page history and authors); phylogenesis (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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