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Dysteleology

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dysteleology'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dysteleology.html. 1828.