Usually means: Ancestral trait shared by species.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (plesiomorphism)

▸ noun:  plesiomorphy
▸ noun:  (crystallography) isogonism, plesimorphism

Similar:
pleiomorphy, plesiomorphy, pleiomorphism, plesiomorph, pleomorphy, pleisiomorph, neopleomorphism, synplesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy, pleamorphism, more...

Opposite:
apomorphism, derived trait, innovation, divergence, adaptation

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Similar:
pleiomorphy, plesiomorphy, pleiomorphism, plesiomorph, pleomorphy, pleisiomorph, neopleomorphism, synplesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy, pleamorphism, more...

Opposite:
apomorphism, derived trait, innovation, divergence, adaptation



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