单词 | synapomorphic |
释义 | synapomorphicadj. Taxonomy. Designating or relating to a character or trait which is found only (in a more or less modified form) in a particular group (clade) of organisms and is held to derive from a single character in their most recent common ancestor. ΚΠ 1964 Current Anthropol. 5 30/1 The Neanderthal group can be sharply defined today with the aid of synapomorphic characters. 1990 Jrnl. Zool. 220 193 The cerebral gland is a diagnostic and synapomorphic character of the Pulmonata. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiv. 223/1 The primary shared derived (synapomorphic) characters that unite the teleosts involve numerous bones of the tail and skull. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1964 |
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