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Pleisiomorph vs Plesiomorph - What's the difference?

pleisiomorph | plesiomorph |

As nouns the difference between pleisiomorph and plesiomorph

is that pleisiomorph is a characteristic of an organism that has been acquired from its ancestors while plesiomorph is an organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism.

pleisiomorph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A characteristic of an organism that has been acquired from its ancestors.

    • Antonyms

    * apomorph

    Derived terms

    * pleisiomorphic

    plesiomorph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (taxonomy) An organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism.

    • Derived terms

    *plesiomorphic *plesiomorphy