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monophyletic definition

mono·phy·letic (män′ō fī let′ik, män′ə-)

adjective

  1. of a single stock
  2. developed from a single ancestral type

Etymology: see mono- & phyletic

Related Forms:

  • monophyletism mon′o·phy′·letism′ (-fī′lə tiz′əm) noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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