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monophyletic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English phyletic English monophyletic From mono- + phyletic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
  2. (not-comparable) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
  3. (not-comparable) Descending from a single ancestral species. ▸ Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
  4. (not-comparable) Descending from a single ancestral species. ▸ Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
  5. (not-comparable) congeneric

Deriveds

monophyleticity · monophyletical · monophylesis · nonmonophyletic · monophyletically · monophyletism · monophyletic group

Relateds

polyphyletic · paraphyletic · monophyletist · epiphyletic · biphyletic · holophyletic · monophyly

Translations (6)

el μονοφυλετικός (of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum) · fi monofyleettinen (of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum) · fi monofyleettinen (deriving from a single clade) · de monophyletisch (of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum) · vi đơn ngành (of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum) · pt monofilético (deriving from a single clade)