PHYLOGENY

evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis

(noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

phylogeny (countable and uncountable, plural phylogenies)

(systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.

(systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.

The historical development of a human social or racial group.

The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.

Synonyms

• phylogenesis

Source: Wiktionary


Phy`lo*gen"e*sis, Phy*log"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. genesis, or root of Gr.

Definition: The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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