polyphyletically

Variant of polyphyletic

polyphyletic definition

poly·phy·letic (päl′i fī let′ik)

adjective

Biol. derived from more than one ancestral type

Etymology: poly- + phyletic

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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