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see polyphyletic.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
pleophyletic
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polyphyletic — adj. [Gr. polys, many; phyle, tribe] 1. Of mixed evolutionary origin, not derived from a common ancestor. 2. Pertaining to a group whose most recent common ancestor is not cladistically a member of that group. 3. Pleophyletic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
