Definition of "biogeny" [bi•og•en•y]

• Variant of biogenesis. (noun)

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• "Thirdly, the several biological sciences which describe the development of organisms are comprised under the general name of morphogeny (morphe and genea, "origin"), or biogeny."
• "We do not find desire, as here understood, in plants and the lowest development of animal life, it being particularly an attribute of the higher biogeny."
• "When we look back on this period we may ask, What has been accomplished during it by the fundamental law of biogeny?"