释义 |
biogeny|baɪˈɒdʒɪnɪ| [mod. f. Gr. βιο- bio- + -γενεια birth.] 1. The history of the evolution of living organisms.
1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man I. 6 Biogeny (or the history of organic evolution in the widest sense). 2. = biogenesis 1.
1870Huxley Crit. & Addr. x. (1873) 233 If the doctrine of Biogeny is true, the air must be thick with germs. |