phylogeny

phylogeny is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 22 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.
2. noun. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

   Synonyms: evolution, phylogenesis

Synonyms

evolution, phylogenesis

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