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homophyletic

homophyletic adjective: descended from ancestors of the same species.

Adjective

homophyletic (not comparable)

  1. Descended from ancestors of the same species

Origin of homophyletic

From homo- + phyletic.

Questions about homophyletic

What does homophyletic mean?
Homophyletic means descended from ancestors of the same species.
What part of speech is homophyletic?
Homophyletic is an adjective.

Words near homophyletic in the dictionary

  1. homophora
  2. homophoric
  3. homophorically
  4. homophors
  5. homophyadic
  6. homophyletic
  7. homophylic
  8. homophylies
  9. homophyllous
  10. homophylly
  11. homophyly

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