plesiomorphy
/ˈpliːzɪəmɔːfi/Taxonomy
noun
The state of being plesiomorphic; ancestral or primitive condition as compared to a later, derived character state. Also (as a count noun): an ancestral or plesiomorphic feature or trait.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Systematic Zoology. From plesio- + -morphy, after plesiomorphic, plesiomorphous.
- redhibitory
- red hickory
- neutralist
- neutralistic
- neutrality
- neutralization
- neutralize
- neutralizer
- neutrally
- neutrally buoyant
- neutral monism
- neutral monist
- Neutral Nation
- neutralness
- neutral orange
- neutral point
- neutral red
- neutral salt
- neutral temperature
- neutral tint
- neutral-tinted
- neutral violet
- neutral vowel
- neutral wire
- Neutralysis