"polyphyletic" meaning in English

See polyphyletic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more polyphyletic [comparative], most polyphyletic [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phyletic English polyphyletic From poly- + phyletic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|poly-|phyletic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phyletic English polyphyletic [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "fill", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pleh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*polh₁ús", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πολῠ́ς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "poly-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "phyletic", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "polyphyletic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="polyphyletic"> From poly- + phyletic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} polyphyletic (comparative more polyphyletic, superlative most polyphyletic)
  1. (taxonomy) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members. Synonyms: pleophyletic Derived forms: polyphyletically Related terms: monophyletic, paraphyletic Translations (having multiple ancestral sources): polyfyletisch (Dutch), polyfyleettinen (Finnish), polyphyletisch (German), polifiletika (Ido), đa ngành (Vietnamese)
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