apomorphy
nounEtymology From apo- + -morphy.
1
A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
- Antonyms
- plesiomorphy
- Derived terms
- apomorphic, autapomorphy, autoapomorphy, synapomorphy
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