Physiophyly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physiophyly \Phys`i*oph"y*ly\, n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + ? a
     clan.] (Biol.)
     The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the
     paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a
     branch of phylogeny. See {Morphophyly}. --Haeckel.
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