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Meaning of Elvis taxon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A taxon that has been misidentified as having re-emerged in the fossil record after a period of presumed extinction, but is not actually a descendant of the original taxon, instead having developed a similar morphology through convergent evolution.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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