(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:16:48

Mon`o*phy*let"ic (?), a. [Gr. of one tribe, fr. single + clan.] Biol.

Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

 

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