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Physiophyly
Physˊi-oph′y-ly
,Noun.
[Gr.
φύσισ
nature + [GREEK] a clan.] (Biol.)
The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, – being a branch of
phylogeny
. See Morphophyly
. Haeckel.