monophyletic

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Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

monophyletic, a. [Gr. of one tribe, fr. mo`nos single + clan.].

Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin. [1913 Webster]

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