Definitions for ontogeny

ontogeny on·tog·e·ny

Spelling: [on-toj-uh-nee]
IPA: /ɒnˈtɒdʒ ə ni/

Ontogeny is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in ontogeny (egnnooty).

Definitions for ontogeny

noun

  1. the development or developmental history of an individual organism.

Origin of ontogeny

First recorded in 1870-75; onto- + -geny

Examples for ontogeny

Their past (ontogeny) and present (pragmatics) are involved in these interactions.

Thus, then, in ontogeny the fish goes no further than the fish stages.

The facts and theories respecting this are now discussed ontogeny.

This, however, had better also be deferred to the chapter on ontogeny.

Our ontogeny, Dr. Raye, is so simple that it can scarcely be said to exist at all.

This is afforded by comparative anatomy and by the study of ontogeny.

As we have seen, ontogeny is not completed at hatching or birth.

But they may also be associated in succession, such as those of hearing and of ontogeny.

ontogeny, the development of an individual from the egg upwards, 9.

This denture is nothing else than a phylogenetic incident in the ontogeny of the whale.

Word Value for ontogeny
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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