definitions

phenetic

[ fi-net-ik ]
/ fɪˈnɛt ɪk /

adjective Biology.

pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.

Nearby words

phenazopyridine, phencyclidine, phene, phenelzine, phenethyl alcohol, phenetic, phenetics, phenetidine, phenetole, phenformin, phenic acid

Origin of phenetic

1960; phen- (extracted from phenotype, or directly from Greek phaínein to show; cf. pheno-) + -etic, perhaps on the model of phyletic or phylogenetic
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