Holophyletic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Forming a clade; monophyletic. not-comparable

    "The bees have long appeared to constitute a holophyletic unit."

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"The bees have long appeared to constitute a holophyletic unit."

Etymology

From holo- + phyletic.

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