Meaning Of The Word Polyphyletic

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polyphyletic in American English
derived from more than one ancestral type
adjective: developed from more than one ancestral type, as a group of animals

polyphyletic in British English
adjective: relating to or characterized by descent from more than one ancestral group of animals or plants

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