phyletic
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Etymology
Origin of phyletic
1880–85; Greek phȳletikós pertaining to a tribesman, equivalent to phȳlét ( ēs ) tribesman (derivative of phȳ́lē phyle ) + -ikos -ic
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Researchers have found striking examples of gift-giving across the phyletic landscape, in insects, spiders, mollusks, birds and mammals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2013
Venoms and repellents are hardly rare in nature: Many insects, frogs, snakes, jellyfish and other phyletic characters use them with abandon.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2012
The distinctive combination of morphological, physiological, chromosomal, and behavioral characteristics is strongly suggestive that these frogs represent an early phyletic divergence within the Hylidae.
From The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura Hylidae) by William E. Duellman
Haeckel says the sense of duty is a "long series of phyletic modifications of the phronema of the cortex."
From Christianity and Progress by Harry Emerson Fosdick
The phyletic series of the true elephants in Europe are relatively short, and go back only to the Quaternary, Elephas antiquus giving origin to the Indian elephant, E. priscus to the African.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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