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adj
Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Descending from a single ancestral species.
Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Descending from a single ancestral species.
Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
congeneric
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
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.
Across languages
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