Meanings
- not comparablesystematicsOf, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
1 more example
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 of the ethnological side.
1893 January, Alexander Macalister, “The Study of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Germanphylogenetisch
- Englishphylogenetic
From phylo- + genetic, from German phylogenetisch, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from Phylogenese + -isch.
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Bulgarian филогенети́чен
- филогенети́чен (filogenetíčen)Translations
Polish filogenetyczny
- filogenetycznyTranslations
Cite this entry
phylogenetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogenetic
“phylogenetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogenetic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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