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monophyletic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
mono-phylet-ic
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.

adj

Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).

adj

Descending from a single ancestral species.

adj

Descending from a single ancestral species.

adj

congeneric

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English phyletic English monophyletic From mono- + phyletic.

Derived Forms

monophylesis monophyletical monophyletically monophyleticity monophyletism nonmonophyletic

Phrases

monophyletic group

Frequently Paired Words

biphyletic epiphyletic holophyletic monophyletist monophyly paraphyletic polyphyletic

Questions

What does monophyletic mean?
Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
Where does monophyletic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English phyletic English monophyletic From mono- + phyletic.

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