👉 The term "archicarp" is a term used in linguistics and evolutionary biology to describe an ancestral feature or trait that has been lost or reduced in a species over time. In other words, it refers to a characteristic or property of a species that was once common but has since become less frequent or even absent from the population. Archicarp typically describes traits or characteristics that are unique to certain species and are not found in other populations within their range. These features can be either physical (
