单词 | physiophyly |
释义 | † physiophylyn. Biology. Obsolete. rare. The evolutionary development of the physiological functions of living organisms. Cf. morphophyly n., physiogeny n.2 ΚΠ 1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. i. 24 Physiophyly. The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the palæontological development of vital activities. 1893 Amer. Naturalist 27 803 We have the morphology of the species (phylogeny), and along side the physiology, or the phylogeny of functions (‘physiophyly’, Haeckel). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1879 |
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