paraphyletic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From para- (“‘near’”), Ancient Greek φῦλον (phulon), “‘tribe, race’”), and -ic.

[edit] Adjective

paraphyletic (not comparable)

1. (biology, of a taxon) Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor.

[edit] Related terms

• monophyletic
• paraphyly
• polyphyletic

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: parafyletisch