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apomorphy

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)bor. English apo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morphy English apomorphy From apo- + -morphy.

  1. borrowed from μορφή
  2. formed as apomorphy — “apo- + -morphy”

Definitions

  1. A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for apomorphy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA