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Word: Phenetic
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
1960s. From pheno- + -etic
Definition:
Designating or relating to the classification of organisms on the basis of their observed similarities and differences (often assessed in numerical terms), without reference to functional significance or evolutionary relationships; relating to or characteristic of phenetics.
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