phylogenetic classification
noun Biology.
classification of organisms based on their assumed evolutionary histories and relationships.
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Also called phyletic classification, phyletics.
Origin of phylogenetic classification
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby phylogenetic classification
-phyllous, phylloxera, phylo-, phylogenesis, phylogenetic, phylogenetic classification, phylogenetics, phylogeny, phylon, phylum, phyma
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