"paraphyletic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From para- (“near”) + Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”) + -etic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para-|t1=near}} para- (“near”) +, {{uder|en|grc|φῦλον||tribe, race}} Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”), {{suffix|en||etic}} + -etic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} paraphyletic (not comparable)
  1. (systematics) Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Taxonomy Related terms: monophyletic, holophyletic, polyphyletic, paraphyly Translations (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor): parafilètic (Catalan), parafyletisch (Dutch), parafyleettinen (Finnish), paraphylétique (French), პარაფილეტური (ṗarapileṭuri) (Georgian), paraphyletisch (German), parafiletic (Occitan), парафилетический (parafiletičeskij) (Russian), parafilético (Spanish), cận ngành (Vietnamese)
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      "sense": "Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor",
      "word": "cận ngành"
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