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adj. [Gr. oligos, few; phyle, tribe]Derived from a few ancestral forms; see monophyletic.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
oligophyletic
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monophyletic — adj. [Gr. monos, single; phyle, tribe] 1. With a single common ancestry. 2. Any group whose most recent common ancestor is cladistically a member of that group; see polyphyletic, oligophyletic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
polyphyly — n; see monophyletic, oligophyletic, polyphyletic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
