phenotype

About 2.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.
2. noun Any observable characteristic of an organism, such as its morphological, developmental, biochemical or physiological properties, or its behavior.
3. verb To evaluate or classify based on phenotype.

Similar words

phenotyping form appearance morphology characteristics constitution traits structure physiognomy conformation

Often followed by

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Word family

phenotyped phenotypes phenotypic phenotypical phenotypically phenotyping