Meanings
nounphylogeneticist (plural phylogeneticists)
plural phylogeneticists
- A geneticist whose speciality is phylogenetics
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφύω (phúō)
- Ancient Greekφῦλον (phûlon)
- Englishphylo-
- Englishgeneticist
- Englishphylogeneticist
From phylo- + geneticist.
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APA
phylogeneticist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogeneticist
MLA
“phylogeneticist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogeneticist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phylogeneticist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylogeneticist.
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