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Meaning of "polyphyletically" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF POLYPHYLETICALLY

ˌpɒlɪfaɪˈlɛtɪkəlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYPHYLETICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polyphyletically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES POLYPHYLETICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of polyphyletically in the English dictionary

The definition of polyphyletically in the dictionary is by means of descent from more than one ancestral group of animals or plants.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYPHYLETICALLY

aesthetically · anesthetically · biosynthetically · empathetically · frenetically · hermetically · hypothetically · kinetically · magnetically · pathetically · phonetically · photosynthetically · phylogenetically · poetically · prophetically · splenetically · sympathetically · synthetically · theoretically · thetically

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYPHYLETICALLY

polyphenol · polyphenolic · polyphloesboean · polyphloisbic · polyphon · polyphone · polyphonic · polyphonic prose · polyphonic ringtone · polyphonically · polyphonies · polyphonist · polyphonous · polyphonously · polyphony · polyphosphoric acid · polyphyletic · polyphyllous · polyphyodont

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYPHYLETICALLY

actually · alphabetically · automatically · basically · clinically · critically · dramatically · economically · electronically · fantastically · historically · locally · periodically · physically · politically · practically · specifically · statistically · technically · tragically · typically

Synonyms and antonyms of polyphyletically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polyphyletically» into 25 languages

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The translations of polyphyletically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polyphyletically» in English.
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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Polyphyletically
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polyphyletisch
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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Polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
75 millions of speakers
mr

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पॉलीफायलेटिकली
75 millions of speakers
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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uk

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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
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el

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polyphyletically
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polyphyletically
14 millions of speakers
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polyphyletically
10 millions of speakers
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polyphyletically
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyphyletically

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYPHYLETICALLY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polyphyletically

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYPHYLETICALLY»

Discover the use of polyphyletically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyphyletically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Patterns of evolution, as illustrated by the fossil record
As one example, so-called heterodont dentition has apparently evolved polyphyletically. Similarly, crossed-lamellar shell structure has evolved polyphyletically from the primitive prismato-nacreous condition (Taylor, 1973). In undertaking ...
A. Hallam, 1977
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Classification and Biology
... serious phylogenist would deny that particular characters may at times arise polyphyletically. Many botanists and zoologists argue that any character which possesses an evident adaptive value is a priori likely to have arisen polyphyletically; ...
Roy Albert Crowson, 1972
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The Chloroplast: From Molecular Biology to Biotechnology: ...
Different from primary eukaryotes, these plants arose polyphyletically and hence evolved independently of each other, with both different hosts and different engulfed microalgae [3-5]. This is in line with the occurrence of different antenna  ...
Joan H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou, Horst Senger, 1999
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Plants and the Human Brain
In contrast, the synthesis of tropane alkaloids developed polyphyletically following independent genetic events in a number of families of plants. Polyamines, such as putrescine, spermine, and spermidine, are primary metabolites synthesized ...
David O. Kennedy, 2014
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Biology of Coelenterata
Evolutionary studies of trends within Family Lithostrotionidae have shown that the parallels are so close in several descendent stocks that species originally lumped in the same genera were actually derived polyphyletically.
Dev Raj Khanna, P. R. Yadav, 2005
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Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
According to Noirot and Pasteels [99], workers arose polyphyletically during the evolution of termites: once in the Hodotermitidae, at least once in the Rhinotermitidae plus Termitidae clade, and once in the Mastotermitidae.
Takuya Abe, David Edward Bignell, Masahiko Higashi, 2000
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The cainozoic Globigerinida. Atlas
Taxa referred to this subgenus occur in the Palaeogene, Neogene and Anthropogene faunas but are polyphyletically and iteratively developed from different taxa included in the subgenus Globorotalia (Turborotalia) ; there appears to be no ...
Walter H. Blow, 1979
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VITAMINS AND HORMONES
It must therefore have developed polyphyletically within the different families that go back to solitary ancestors; ants, ... ants chemical alarming may also have developed polyphyletically, since primitive ant genera of different subfamilies are not ...
Robert Samuel Harris, Ira G. Wool, John Alexander Loraine, 1967
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The Prokaryotes: Vol. 1: Symbiotic Associations, ...
... from which mesophiles would have been derived polyphyletically. This notion contrasts with the conventional notion of a mesophilic or even psychrophilic origin of life and a mesophilic last common ancestor from which hyperthermo- philes ...
Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, 2006
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Genetics and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms
The situation in this genus is similar to that of Lasaea in that clones have arisen polyphyletically through multiple hybridizations between diploid parental species. Echelle and colleagues recommend that the clonal complex, formerly treated as ...
A. Beaumont, 1994

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYPHYLETICALLY»

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Co-occurring Synechococcus ecotypes occupy four major oceanic …
Although the form genus Synechococcus is dispersed polyphyletically across the cyanobacterial tree, most marine Synechococcus clades ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Symbiotic plant-fungi interactions stripped down to the root
This result supports the long-standing hypothesis that ectomycorrhizal fungi evolved polyphyletically from multiple saprophytic species. «Nature.com, Mar 15»
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The Catechism Versus the Data (Part 4): The Origin of the Tetrapods
... Malcolm Gordon (a tenured professor, actually), who has argued that the tetrapods may have evolved polyphyletically (i.e., more than once). «Discovery Institute, Oct 08»
REFERENCE
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