English Dictionary: polyphyletic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polyphyletic \Pol`y*phy*let"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?] clan.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to {monophyletic}. |