Usually means: Group derived from multiple ancestors.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word polyphyletic:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyphyletic: Merriam-Webster
  2. polyphyletic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polyphyletic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polyphyletic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polyphyletic: Wordnik
  6. polyphyletic: Wiktionary
  7. polyphyletic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polyphyletic: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polyphyletic: Dictionary.com
  10. Polyphyletic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Polyphyletic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. polyphyletic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Polyphyletic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. polyphyletic: FreeDictionary.org
  15. polyphyletic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. polyphyletic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyphyletic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. polyphyletic: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polyphyletic: A Word A Day

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dinosaurs (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  4. polyphyletic: Natural History Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polyphyletic)

adjective:  (taxonomy) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.

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