paraphyletic
Adjective
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Adjective
paraphyletic (not comparable)
- (systematics) Of a defined group of taxa, not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
- monophyletic
- holophyletic
- polyphyletic
- paraphyly
- French: paraphylétique
- German: paraphyletisch
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