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Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: systematics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From para- (“near”) + Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”) + -etic.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
parafilètic
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Dutch:
parafyletisch
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Finnish:
parafyleettinen
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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French:
paraphylétique
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Georgian:
პარაფილეტური
(ṗarapileṭuri)
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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German:
paraphyletisch
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Occitan:
parafiletic
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Portuguese:
parafilético
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Russian:
парафилетический
(parafiletičeskij)
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Spanish:
parafilético
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor
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Vietnamese:
cận ngành
— Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor