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Definition of Polyphyletic
1. a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.
Definition of Polyphyletic
1. Adjective. (biology) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyphyletic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Polyphyletic
1. Composed of members that originated, independently, from more than one evolutionary line. Compare: monophyletic. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphyletic
Literary usage of Polyphyletic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The polyphyletic law was early demonstrated among invertebrates by ... As early
as 1862 Gaudry set forth this very polyphyletic principle id his tabular ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"The polyphyletic law is an outgrowth of four different kinds of evidence. ...
-Third the polyphyletic law is the result of local adaptive radiation or ..."
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