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Polytomy vs Polytony - What's the difference?

polytomy | polytony |

As nouns the difference between polytomy and polytony

is that polytomy is a section of a phylogeny in which the evolutionary relationships can not be fully resolved to dichotomies while polytony is the quality of being polytonic.

polytomy

English

Noun

(wikipedia polytomy) (polytomies)
  • (taxonomy) A section of a phylogeny in which the evolutionary relationships can not be fully resolved to dichotomies

    • polytony

    English

    Noun

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  • The quality of being polytonic.