genetic relationship

noun

, Historical Linguistics.

the relationship that exists between languages that have developed from a single earlier language.

First recorded in 1875–80

Yet the echinus can have, at the best, none but the most distant genetic relationship with the Polyzoa.

That closely similar structures may arise without a genetic relationship has been lately well urged by Mr. Ray Lankester.

There is accordingly no close genetic relationship between Ascidians and Vertebrates.

Its close genetic relationship to the hearing organ suggests the kindred function of determining waves of vibration.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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