symplesiomorphy

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noun

An ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.

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Meanings

nounsymplesiomorphy (plural symplesiomorphies)

plural symplesiomorphies

  1. An ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.
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symplesiomorphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symplesiomorphy

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