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phylogenetic classification
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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
phyllotaxis, phyllotaxy, -phyllous, phylloxera, phylo-, phylogenetic classification, phylogeny, phylon, phylum, phyma, -phyre
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