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phylogenetic

US/ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/

phylogenetic adjective: of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.

Adjective

phylogenetic (not comparable)

  1. (systematics) Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
    • To each of these subdivisions of the phylum thus differentiated the name race may appropriately be restricted, and the sum of the peculiarities of each race may be termed race-characters. This is the phylogenetic side of anthropology, and its nomenclature should be kept clearly separate from that...1893 January, Alexander Macalister, “The Study of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42

phylogenetic meaning in Tamil

phylogenetic in Tamil

தொகுதிவரலாற்றுக்குரிய, பரிணாம மரபு வழி, கணப்பிறப்புக்குரிய, சாதிவரலாற்றுக்குரிய, மூலத்தொகுப்பியல்

Examples of phylogenetic in a sentence

  • Based on that phylogenetic hypothesis, the taxonomic definitions of many coccinelloid groups were reconsidered.
  • Despite these ecological factors, the complete post-juvenile moult also appears to have a phylogenetic background.
  • Second, we used the recursive multitree approach implemented in the R package bGMYC to incorporate phylogenetic uncertainty.

All 30 example sentences with phylogenetic

Origin of phylogenetic

From phylo- + genetic, from German phylogenetisch, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from Phylogenese + -isch.

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Questions about phylogenetic

What does phylogenetic mean?
Phylogenetic means of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
What is phylogenetic in Tamil?
Phylogenetic in Tamil is தொகுதிவரலாற்றுக்குரிய, பரிணாம மரபு வழி, கணப்பிறப்புக்குரிய. See Phylogenetic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phylogenetic?
Phylogenetic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce phylogenetic?
Phylogenetic is pronounced /ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/ (US).

Words near phylogenetic in the dictionary

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

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