polyphyletic

1. Relating to or characterized by development from more than one ancestral type.

2. Relating to or being a taxonomic group that includes members (as genera or species) from different ancestral lineages.

3. Of, relating to, or derived from different ancestral stocks.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
polyphyletic	27	Scrabble

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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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12 Letters	Scrabble® Points
polyphyletic	27