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biphyletic

biphyletic adjective: descended or evolved from a common ancestor in two separate branches.

Adjective

biphyletic (not comparable)

  1. (systematics) descended or evolved from a common ancestor in two separate branches

Origin of biphyletic

From bi- + phyletic.

Questions about biphyletic

What does biphyletic mean?
Biphyletic means descended or evolved from a common ancestor in two separate branches.
What part of speech is biphyletic?
Biphyletic is an adjective.

Words near biphyletic in the dictionary

  1. biphoton
  2. biphotonic
  3. biphotons
  4. biphthalate
  5. biphthalates
  6. biphyletic
  7. biphyllid
  8. biphyllids
  9. bipindaloside
  10. bipindogulomethyloside
  11. bipindoside

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