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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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684Maggenti and Gardnerphenetic classification A classification based on phenotypesrather than evolution from a common ancestor.pheneticist see numerical pheneticsphenetic ranking Ranking into categories according to degree<strong>of</strong> overall similarity.phengophil a. [Gr. phengos, light; philos, loving] Preferringlight.phengophobe a. [Gr. phengos, light; phobos, fear] Shunninglight.phenogram n. [Gr. phainein, to appear; gramme, mark] Adiagram showing degree <strong>of</strong> similarity among taxa.phenology n. [Gr. phainein, to appear; logos, discourse] Abranch <strong>of</strong> science concerned with periodic biotic eventssuch as flowering, breeding and migration.phenome n. [Gr. phainein, to appear] The phenotypic characters<strong>of</strong> an organism.phenomenology see phenologyphenon n. [Gr. phainein, to appear] A group <strong>of</strong> phenotypicallysimilar organisms.phenotype n. [Gr. phainein, to appear; typos, type] Thephysical appearance <strong>of</strong> an individual as a result <strong>of</strong> interactionbetween genotype and environment.pheromone n. [Gr. phero, bear; hormao, to instigate] Achemical substance secreted by an animal on the substratum,on the bodies or possibly in the air, that influencesthe behavior <strong>of</strong> other individuals <strong>of</strong> the same or differentspecies, such as trail-marking or following, alarm, dispersants,territorality, synchronization, aggregation and sexattractants.phialiform, phialaeform a. [L. phiala, shallow cup; forma,shape] Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.philopatry n. [Gr. philos, loving; patrios, fatherland] The tendency<strong>of</strong> an individual to either stay in or return to itshome or adopted locality.phlebedesis, phleboedesis n. [Gr. phleps, vein; desis, abinding together] Suppression <strong>of</strong> the true coelom by a

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