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symplesiomorphy

symplesiomorphy noun: an ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.

Noun

symplesiomorphy (plural symplesiomorphies)

  1. An ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.

Forms of symplesiomorphy

pluralsymplesiomorphies

Questions about symplesiomorphy

What does symplesiomorphy mean?
Symplesiomorphy means an ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.
What part of speech is symplesiomorphy?
Symplesiomorphy is a noun.
What is the plural of symplesiomorphy?
The plural of symplesiomorphy is symplesiomorphies.

Words near symplesiomorphy in the dictionary

  1. Symplegades
  2. symplektite
  3. symplesiomorphic
  4. symplesiomorphically
  5. symplesiomorphies
  6. symplesiomorphy
  7. symplesite
  8. symplocaceous
  9. symploce
  10. symploces
  11. symploidy

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