noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
paraphyletic
Technical term in biology and phylogenetics. Describes a group of organisms that includes a common ancestor and some, but not all, of its descendants.
爬虫類は側系統群の一例である。
Reptiles are an example of a paraphyletic group.
Paraphyletic classification does not accurately reflect evolutionary lineage relationships.