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adelphotaxa

adelphotaxa is the plural of adelphotaxon.

Meaning of adelphotaxon

Noun

adelphotaxon (plural adelphotaxa)

  1. (systematics) A sister taxon.
    • In the structure of the phylogenetic system, as in every hierarchical ordering, a sequence of ranks between the taxa of the individual levels is necessarily linked with the sequence of hierarchical levels. Here the following law applies: the adelphotaxa of any given level of coordination have...1987, Peter Ax, The phylogenetic system: the systematization of organisms on the basis of their phylogenesis

Questions about adelphotaxa

What is adelphotaxa the plural of?
Adelphotaxa is the plural of adelphotaxon.

Words near adelphotaxa in the dictionary

  1. adelphophages
  2. adelphophagic
  3. adelphophagy
  4. adelphopoiesis
  5. adelphopoiia
  6. adelphotaxa
  7. adelphotaxon
  8. adelphotaxy
  9. adelphous
  10. adelphy
  11. Adelson

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