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.
sylph (plural sylphs) ( 1 mythology) An invisible being of the air. 2  The elemental being of air, usually female. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. 1811, Mary Bruton, Self-Control (novel): Her heart fluttered with expectationâher step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
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.