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phylotype

phylotype noun: a proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.

Noun

phylotype (plural phylotypes)

  1. A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.
    1. The pharyngula stage of vertebrates.
  2. A phenetic grouping.
    • But DNA sequencing isolated the 167,000 different phylotypes (roughly equivalent to species) contained in the samples.2014 October 2, Andy Newman, “Beneath Central Park, a Teeming Universe”, in New York Times City Room

Verb

phylotype (third-person singular simple present phylotypes, present participle phylotyping, simple past and past participle phylotyped)

  1. To describe and categorise such phenetic groups.

Forms of phylotype

Noun
pluralphylotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentphylotypes
present participlephylotyping
past participlephylotyped
pastphylotyped

Origin of phylotype

From phylo- + type.

Words formed from phylotype

Questions about phylotype

What does phylotype mean?
Phylotype means a proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.
What part of speech is phylotype?
Phylotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of phylotype?
The plural of phylotype is phylotypes.

Words near phylotype in the dictionary

  1. phylotemporal
  2. phylotranscriptome
  3. phylotranscriptomes
  4. phylotranscriptomic
  5. phylotranscriptomics
  6. phylotype
  7. phylotyped
  8. phylotypes
  9. phylotypic
  10. phylotyping
  11. phylozone

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