Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
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Phylogeny
//faɪˈlɑd͡ʒəni//
Synonyms for "phylogeny" (7 found)
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21 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- filogènia noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Czech
1 entries- fylogeneze noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Dutch
1 entries- fylogenie noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Finnish
2 entries- fylogenia noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
- lajinkehitys noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
French
1 entries- phylogénie noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
German
1 entries- Phylogenie noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Hebrew
1 entries- פִילוֹגֶנֶזָה noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Hungarian
1 entries- törzsfejlődés noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Irish
1 entries- fíligineacht noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Italian
2 entries- filogenesi noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
- filogenia noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Māori
1 entries- kukuwhatanga noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Portuguese
1 entries- filogenia noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Romanian
1 entries- filogenie noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Russian
2 entries- филоге́ния noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
- филогене́тика noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- filogénija noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Spanish
1 entries- filogenia noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Swedish
1 entries- fylogeni noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Tagalog
1 entries- lipmulaan noun (evolutionary history of an organism)
Sample sentences
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It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates.
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Holonym: tree of life
Source: wiktionary
Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
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