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apomorphic

apomorphic adjective: of a characteristic, distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor.

Adjective

apomorphic (comparative more apomorphic, superlative most apomorphic)

  1. Of a characteristic, distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor.
    • The possession of cilia is an apomorphic trait of this family.
  2. Of a taxon, distinguished by such characteristics.
    • The genus is highly apomorphic.

Forms of apomorphic

comparativemore apomorphic
superlativemost apomorphic

Origin of apomorphic

From apomorphy + -ic.

Words formed from apomorphic

Questions about apomorphic

What does apomorphic mean?
Apomorphic means of a characteristic, distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor.
What part of speech is apomorphic?
Apomorphic is an adjective.

Words near apomorphic in the dictionary

  1. apomixy
  2. apomnemiopsin
  3. apomnemonysis
  4. apomorph
  5. apomorphia
  6. apomorphic
  7. apomorphically
  8. apomorphies
  9. apomorphine
  10. apomorphines
  11. apomorphism

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