phylotype noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A phenetic grouping.But DNA sequencing isolated the 167,000 different phylotypes (roughly equivalent to species) contained in the samples. — 2014 •A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop. •The pharyngula stage of vertebrates. verb1 •To describe and categorise such phenetic groups. formsphylotyped · phylotyping · phylotypes
