Fifty-six percent of voters support the birth control coverage benefit, including 53 percent of Catholic voters, and 62 percent of Catholics who identify themselves as independents, according to a new Public Policy Polling Poll.
For other uses, see Sylph (disambiguation). Sylph (also called sylphid) is a mythological spirit of the air. The term originates in the 16th century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air.
Definition of SYNAPOMORPHY. : a character or trait that is shared by two or more taxonomic groups and is derived through evolution from a common ancestral form. ADVERTISEMENT. International Scientific Vocabulary syn- + apomorphy derived evolutionary trait or feature (from apo- + -morphy).First Known Use: 1965. a character or trait that is shared by two or more taxonomic groups and is derived through evolution from a common ancestral form. ADVERTISEMENT.