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biogeny|baɪˈɒdʒɪnɪ|
[mod. f. Gr. βιο- bio- + -γενεια birth.]
1. The history of the evolution of living organisms.
1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man I. 6 Biogeny (or the history of organic evolution in the widest sense).
2. = biogenesis 1.
1870Huxley Crit. & Addr. x. (1873) 233 If the doctrine of Biogeny is true, the air must be thick with germs. |