derived

adjective

A product of derivation

(systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

(comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.

Roots

rivusriv- · Latin · stream

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