Word Study
phyletic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective phyletic has 1 sense
- phyletic(a = adj.pert) phylogenetic - of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms; "phylogenetic development"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
phyletic, adj. Biol. of or relating to the development of a species or other group.
Etymology
Gk phuletikos f. phuletes tribesman f. phule tribe
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