phylotype
verbEtymology From phylo- + type.
1
To describe and categorise such phenetic groups.
phylotype
nounEtymology From phylo- + type.
1
A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.
2
The pharyngula stage of vertebrates.
3
Biology, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Taxonomy A phenetic grouping.
- But DNA sequencing isolated the 167,000 different phylotypes (roughly equivalent to species) contained in the samples.2014 October 2, Andy Newman, “Beneath Central Park, a Teeming Universe”, in New York Times City Room:
- Derived terms
- phylotypic