Meanings
nounphylotype (plural phylotypes)
plural phylotypes
- A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.
- The pharyngula stage of vertebrates.
- biologyA 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
verbphylotype (third-person singular simple present phylotypes, present participle phylotyping, simple past and past participle phylotyped)
present singular third person phylotypes · participle present phylotyping · participle past phylotyped · past phylotyped
- To describe and categorise such phenetic groups.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφύω (phúō)
- Ancient Greekφῦλον (phûlon)
- Englishphylo-
- Englishtype
- Englishphylotype
Cite this entry
APA
phylotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylotype
MLA
“phylotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phylotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylotype.
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