"apomorphic" meaning in English

See apomorphic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more apomorphic [comparative], most apomorphic [superlative]
Etymology: From apomorphy + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apomorphy|ic}} apomorphy + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} apomorphic (comparative more apomorphic, superlative most apomorphic)
  1. (taxonomy) Of a characteristic, distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor. Coordinate_terms: plesiomorphic Translations (distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor): apomorphe (French), apomorph (German), apomórfico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apomorphic-en-adj-4zWb0VFe Categories (other): Taxonomy Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'distinguishing an organism or taxon from others that share the same ancestor': 96 4
  2. (taxonomy) Of a taxon, distinguished by such characteristics.
    Sense id: en-apomorphic-en-adj-iejcPWzf Categories (other): Taxonomy, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 66 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apomorphically Related terms: anapomorphic
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