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Polyphyletic

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; - opposed to monophyletic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Polyphyletic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/polyphyletic.html. 1828.