POLYPHYLETIC


Meaning of POLYPHYLETIC in English

— polyphyletically , adv.

/pol'ee fuy let"ik/ , adj.

developed from more than one ancestral type, as a group of animals.

[ 1870-75; POLY- + PHYLETIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .