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Synonyms for phyletic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fahy-let-ik
Phonetic Transcription : faɪˈlɛt ɪk

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Définition of phyletic

Origin :
  • "racial, pertaining to race," 1873, probably coined in German from Greek phyletikos "of one's tribe," from phyletes "fellow tribesman," from phyle (see phylo-).
  • As in racial : adj ethnic
Example sentences :
  • This is true of both branches of evolution, individual and phyletic.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The frogs in this phyletic line retained the moderate size of the prototype and did not develop additional dermal bone.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • This phyletic line retained the larval characters and breeding call of the prototype.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • All can be interpreted as embryonic survivals rather than as phyletic contractions.
  • Extract from : « A Critique of the Theory of Evolution » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • The trend of phyletic development in the dipodomyines has been toward the saltatorial habit.
  • Extract from : « Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii » by Henry W. Setzer
  • The Agalychnis phyletic line has one kind of specialization for an arboreal existence.
  • Extract from : « The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura Hylidae) » by William E. Duellman
  • In nearly all phyletic or class descriptions the word "symmetry" occurs, and its exact meaning must be understood.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • Variation along the phyletic lines is gradual and determinate, and appears to obey definite laws.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • Even so, a considerable amount of parallelism is evident in the phyletic trends of the two genera.
  • Extract from : « Evolution and Classification of the Pocket Gophers of the Subfamily Geomyinae » by Robert J. Russell
  • Its structure does provide clues as to phyletic development that took place in the main lineage.
  • Extract from : « Evolution and Classification of the Pocket Gophers of the Subfamily Geomyinae » by Robert J. Russell

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