ontogenesis
NOUN
/,ɑntə'dʒɛnɪsɪs/
11 LETTERS · 5 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O
ontogenesis is a valid 11-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1N1T1O1G2E1N1E1S1I1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does ontogenesis mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
(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.
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