Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nearly alike in form; exhibiting plesiomorphism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nearly alike in form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Nearly
alike inform .
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Examples
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As said, ability to interbreed is a plesiomorphous character, so it is best not to define a species, as some the early workers did, as an interbreeding entity.
(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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As said, ability to interbreed is a plesiomorphous character, so it is best not to define a species, as some the early workers did, as an interbreeding entity.
(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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