diphyletic

[ dahy-fahy-let-ik ]

adjectiveBiology.
  1. of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.

Origin of diphyletic

1
First recorded in 1900–05; di-1 + phyletic

Words Nearby diphyletic

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British Dictionary definitions for diphyletic

diphyletic

/ (ˌdaɪfaɪˈlɛtɪk) /


adjective
  1. relating to or characterized by descent from two ancestral groups of animals or plants

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