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paraphyletic

paraphyletic adjective: of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.

paraphyletic: of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all...
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Adjective

paraphyletic (not comparable)

  1. (systematics) Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.

paraphyletic meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

paraphyletic in Tamil

புறமரபுவழி

paraphyletic in Vietnamese

Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
cận ngành

Origin of paraphyletic

From para- (“near”) + Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”) + -etic.

Words formed from paraphyletic

Questions about paraphyletic

What does paraphyletic mean?
Paraphyletic means of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
What is paraphyletic in Tamil?
Paraphyletic in Tamil is புறமரபுவழி. See Paraphyletic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paraphyletic?
Paraphyletic is an adjective.

Words near paraphyletic in the dictionary

  1. paraphrenics
  2. paraphrenitis
  3. paraphs
  4. paraphyla
  5. paraphylactic
  6. paraphyletic
  7. paraphyletically
  8. paraphyletism
  9. paraphylla
  10. paraphyllia
  11. paraphyllium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paraphyletic (page history and authors); paraphyletic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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