phyletic adjective.
[fʌɪ'lɛtɪk] L19.[Greek phuletikos, from phuletēs tribesman, formed as PHYLE: see -ETIC.]Biology. Of or pertaining to the evolutionary development of a species or other taxonomic grouping.
■ phyletically adverb as regards the phylum
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