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synapomorphy

American

[suh-nap-uh-mawrf-ee] / səˈnæp əˌmɔrf i /

noun

a shared, derived trait in two or more species and inherited it from a common distant ancestor.

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synapomorphic

adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

synapomorphies

plural

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