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polytomies

polytomies is the plural of polytomy.

Meaning of polytomy

Noun

polytomy (plural polytomies)

  1. A section of a phylogeny in which the evolutionary relationships cannot be fully resolved to dichotomies.
    Synonyms:
    polychotomy

Questions about polytomies

What is polytomies the plural of?
Polytomies is the plural of polytomy.

Words near polytomies in the dictionary

  1. polytime
  2. polytocous
  3. polytokous
  4. polytoky
  5. polytomic
  6. polytomies
  7. polytomogram
  8. polytomograms
  9. polytomograph
  10. polytomographic
  11. polytomographs

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