Associations to the word «Ontogeny»
Noun
- Phylogeny
- Sinus
- Triassic
- Morphology
- Embryo
- Ontology
- Gould
- Correlation
- Evolution
- Fossil
- Puberty
- Mongolia
- Assemblage
- Organism
- Physiology
- Dinosaur
- Biologist
- Biology
- Anatomy
- Hormone
- Hypothesis
- Differentiation
- Representation
- Skeleton
- Growth
- Specimen
- Tooth
- Ecology
- Behavior
- Behaviour
- Development
- Adaptation
- Trait
- Tissue
- Adult
- Bone
- Individual
- Jay
- Mammal
- Theory
- Animal
- Determination
- Montana
- Alberta
- Ancestor
- Diversity
- Formation
- Cell
- Gene
- Organ
- Perception
- Definition
- Origin
- Comparison
- Nest
- Species
- Human
- Psychology
- Perspective
- Pattern
- Stage
- Display
- Relationship
- Structure
- Museum
- Brain
- Evidence
- Study
- Variation
- Mode
- Insect
- Process
Adjective
Wiktionary
ONTOGENY, noun. The development of an individual organism.
Dictionary definition
ONTOGENY, noun. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.