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From plesiomorph + -ic or plesio- + -morphic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
plesiomorphic
ple·sio·mor·phicToday it means: Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive. Full definition →
Today it means: Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive. Full definition →
From plesiomorph + -ic or plesio- + -morphic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.