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holophyletic

Adjective

Meaning

holophyletic (not comparable)

(biology) Forming a clade; monophyletic.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Cavalier-Smith does not accept the requirement for taxa to be monophyletic ("holophyletic" in his terminology) to be valid. Source: Internet

A semantic case has been made that the name should be "holophyletic", but this term has not acquired widespread use. Source: Internet

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