paraphyletic
English
Etymology
From para- (“near”), Ancient Greek φῦλον (phulon, “tribe, race”), and -ic.
Adjective
A phylogenetic tree demonstrating how traditional reptiles are a paraphyletic group.
paraphyletic (not comparable)
- (systematics) Said of a defined group constrained within a clade without including all descendants of the most common ancestor.
Related terms
Translations
Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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