noun
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
• Syn: ↑evolution, ↑organic evolution, ↑phylogenesis
• Derivationally related forms: ↑phylogenetic (for: ↑phylogenesis), ↑evolutionary (for: ↑evolution), ↑evolve (for: ↑evolution)
• Topics: ↑biology, ↑biological science
• Members of this Topic: ↑Scopes trial
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.