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biogenic, a.|baɪəˈdʒɛnɪk|
[f. biogeny + -ic.]
1. = biogenetic a.
1904G. S. Hall Adolescence I. ii. 55 The great biogenic law that the individual recapitulates the growth stages of his race.
2. Produced by living organisms.
1913A. W. Grabau Princ. Stratigraphy x. 384 Biogenic rocks, or Bioliths as Chr. G. Ehrenberg has termed them, are deposits of organic material, or material formed through the physiological activities of the organisms. 1957Encycl. Brit. XX. 274/2 Foraminifera and Radiolaria are examples of biogenic sediments. 1958F. E. Zeuner Dating Past (ed. 4) 430 He..upholds the biogenic character of Corycium, possibly an alga, from the pre-Cambrian of Finland. |