ontogeneticaladj.
/ˌɒntəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌɑn(t)oʊdʒəˈnɛdək(ə)l/ Biology.
= ontogenetic adj.
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high?1548
recapitulative1836
retrogressive1853
transmutational1861
ontogenetic1869
convergent1871
phylogenetic1876
correlative1877
ontogenic1878
phylogenetical1879
phytogenetic1882
monotypic1888
phytogenetical1888
polytypic1888
ontogenal1890
phylogenal1890
recapitulatory1890
tachygenetic1893
ontogenetical1894
anagenetic1896
orthogenic1896
orthogenetic1899
macroevolutionary1937
microevolutionary1937
proterogenetic1938
speciational1944
parapatric1953
cladogenetic1957
allochronic1960
stasigenetic1965
stasipatric1967
speciating1970
punctuational1976
tachygenic-
1894 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 185 313 We may investigate the phylogenetical position of the tissue or its ontogenetical position.
1920 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 7 275 No ontogenetical studies of the beginning stages of the galls formed by this genus of insects have heretofore been made.
1965 Sci. World 9 iv. 4/2 I propose to classify the processes which concern biologists as molecular, physiological, ontogenetical, historical and evolutionary.
1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. vii. 51 An apical sensory organ with nerves originating from the sensory cells is an ontogenetical stage not present in the ‘lower’ animals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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