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单词 phenetics
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phenetics

[ fi-net-iks ]
/ fɪˈnɛt ɪks /

noun (used with a singular verb)Biology.

classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.

Origin of phenetics

see origin at phenetic, -ics

grammar notes for phenetics

See -ics.

OTHER WORDS FROM phenetics

phe·net·i·cist [fi-net-uh-sist], /fɪˈnɛt ə sɪst/, noun

Words nearby phenetics

phencyclidine, phene, phenelzine, phenethyl alcohol, phenetic, phenetics, phenetidine, phenetole, phenformin, phenic acid, phenix
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British Dictionary definitions for phenetics

phenetics
/ (fɪˈnɛtɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) biology a system of classification based on similarities between organisms without regard to their evolutionary relationships

Derived forms of phenetics

phenetic, adjective

Word Origin for phenetics

C20: from phen (otype) + (gen) etics
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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