Monophyletic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monophyletic \Mon`o*phy*let"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of one tribe, fr.
     mo`nos single + ? clan.] (Biol.)
     Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to
     development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to
     {polyphyletic}; as, monophyletic origin.
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