phenetic

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phe•net•ic  (fi net′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Biol.]
  1. Biologypertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
  • 1960; phen- (extracted from phenotype, or directly from Greek phaínein to show; compare pheno-) + -etic, perh. on the model of phyletic or phylogenetic

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