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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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ontogenies |
| definition: |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. (Cf. phylogeny.)
The scientist is studying stages of of horn growth in the ontogeny of a beetle larva.Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. |
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| derivations: |
ontogenetic (adj.), ontogenetical (adj.), ontogenic (adj.) |
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