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CLADISTICS

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noun Biology.(used with a plural verb)
classification of organisms based on the branchings of descendant lineages from
a common ancestor.


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ORIGIN OF CLADISTICS

1965–70; cladist(ic) (see clad-, -istic) + -ics



OTHER WORDS FROM CLADISTICS

cla·dis·tic, adjectivecla·dis·ti·cal·ly, adverb



WORDS NEARBY CLADISTICS

Claddagh ring, claddie, cladding, clade, cladism, cladistics, clado-,
cladocarpous, cladoceran, cladode, cladogenesis

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BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR CLADISTICS


cladistics
/ (kləˈdɪstɪks) /


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noun
(functioning as singular) biology a method of grouping animals that makes use of
lines of descent rather than structural similarities


DERIVED FORMS OF CLADISTICS

cladism (ˈklædɪzəm), nouncladist (ˈklædɪst), noun


WORD ORIGIN FOR CLADISTICS

C20: New Latin, from Greek klādos branch, shoot
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SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR CLADISTICS


cladistics
[ klə-dĭs′tĭks ]


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A system of classification based on the presumed phylogenetic relationships and
evolutionary history of groups of organisms, rather than purely on shared
features. Many taxonomists prefer cladistics to the traditional hierarchies of
Linnean classification systems. Compare Linnean.

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CULTURAL DEFINITIONS FOR CLADISTICS


cladistics
[ (kluh-dis-tiks) ]


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A method of taxonomic classification that groups organisms according to their
lines of evolutionary descent. All descendants of a given organism are called a
clade.

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