单词 | phylo- |
释义 | phylo-comb. form Forming chiefly scientific terms with sense ‘of or relating to a genealogical or evolutionary group or lineage’. phylocycle n. Brit. /ˈfʌɪlə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪkl/ , U.S. /ˈfaɪləˌsaɪk(ə)l/ , /ˈfaɪloʊˌsaɪk(ə)l/ Biology rare (in some forms of recapitulation theory) the course of the evolutionary development of a group or taxon, regarded as analogous to the life of an organism.ΚΠ 1893 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 26 109 It is proposed to use..phylocycle or phylocyclon for [the cycle] of the phylum. 1893 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 26 124 Possibility of the simultaneous origin of phylocycles discussed. ΚΠ c1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. 505/1 Phylocyclic. ΚΠ 1893 A. Hyatt Carboniferous Cephalopods in E. T. Dumble Fourth Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas 389 Those coming nearer in time and structure may correspond to the nepionic and be designated as phylonepionic. ΚΠ 1883 A. S. Packard in Amer. Naturalist 17 933 Pseudoneuroptera.—This is the most heterogeneous order or assemblage of Phylopterous insects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1883 |
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