Polyphyletic

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

  Polyphyletic \Pol`y*phy*let"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. ? clan.]
     (Biol.)
     Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than
     one root form, or from many different root forms;
     polygenetic; -- opposed to {monophyletic}.
     [1913 Webster]