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polyphyletic

polyphyletic adjective: having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.

Adjective

polyphyletic (comparative more polyphyletic, superlative most polyphyletic)

  1. Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.
    Synonyms:
    pleophyletic

polyphyletic meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

polyphyletic in Tamil

பல்கணத்துக்குரிய, பல்கணம்வழிவந்த

polyphyletic in Vietnamese

having multiple ancestral sources
đa ngành

Synonyms of polyphyletic

Forms of polyphyletic

comparativemore polyphyletic
superlativemost polyphyletic

Origin of polyphyletic

From poly- + phyletic.

Words formed from polyphyletic

Questions about polyphyletic

What does polyphyletic mean?
Polyphyletic means having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.
What is polyphyletic in Tamil?
Polyphyletic in Tamil is பல்கணத்துக்குரிய, பல்கணம்வழிவந்த. See Polyphyletic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polyphyletic?
Polyphyletic is an adjective.

Words near polyphyletic in the dictionary

  1. polyphthalocyanine
  2. polyphthalocyanines
  3. polyphthong
  4. polyphthongs
  5. polyphylesis
  6. polyphyletic
  7. polyphyletically
  8. polyphyleticism
  9. polyphyletism
  10. polyphylety
  11. polyphyllin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyphyletic (page history and authors); polyphyletic (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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