paraphyletic en · ADJ
Etymology
From para- (“near”) + Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”) + -etic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, qualifier:systematics) Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
Deriveds
Relateds
polyphyletic · monophyletic · holophyletic · paraphyly
Translations (11)
pt parafilético (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · ca parafilètic (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · es parafilético (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · fi parafyleettinen (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · vi cận ngành (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · fr paraphylétique (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · nl parafyletisch (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · ru парафилетический (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · oc parafiletic (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · ka პარაფილეტური (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) · de paraphyletisch (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor)