(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:07:00

Pol`y*phy*let"ic (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. clan.] Biol.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.

 

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