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Polyphyletic : \Pol`y*phy*let"ic\, a. [Poly- _ Gr. ? clan.]
(Biol.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than
one root form, or from many different root forms;
polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.
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