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apomorphy (s), apomorphies (pl) (noun forms)
1. A character state derived by evolution from an ancestral state (plesiomorphy).
2. A novel evolutionary trait that places species in a group based on a shared character.
This entry is located in the following units: apo-, ap-, aph- (page 3) morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia, -morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism (page 4)