plesiomorphic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive.
  2. Plesiomorphous.

Pronunciation

/ˌplizioʊˈmɔɹfɪk/

Word forms

plesiomorphic more plesiomorphic most plesiomorphic

Etymology

From plesiomorph + -ic or plesio- + -morphic.

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