apomorphic
/ˌapəˈmɔːfik/Taxonomy
adjective
Designating or relating to a novel derived character which distinguishes the organisms or taxa that possess it from others descended from the same ancestor.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Systematic Zoology. From apo- + -morphic, after German apomorph.
- Meriden
- meridian
- meridian altitude
- primary treatment
- primary vote
- primase
- primatal
- primate
- Primate of All England
- Primate of All Ireland
- Primate of England
- primateship
- primatial
- primatic
- primatological
- primatologist
- primatology
- primavera
- primaveral
- prima vista
- prima volta
- prime
- prime contract
- prime contractor
- prime cost