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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Polyphyletic

· Pol·y·phy·let·ic · IPA
01 a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to mon…
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    Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.(Biol.)