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CLADISTICS [ kluh-dis-tiks ]SHOW IPA / kləˈdɪs tɪks /PHONETIC RESPELLING * New Word List Word List 💼 Post-College Level This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- noun Biology.(used with a plural verb) classification of organisms based on the branchings of descendant lineages from a common ancestor. QUIZ CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES? There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates? Question 1 of 7 Which sentence is correct? His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project. His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project. TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT 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 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR CLADISTICS cladistics / (kləˈdɪstɪks) / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR CLADISTICS cladistics [ klə-dĭs′tĭks ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. CULTURAL DEFINITIONS FOR CLADISTICS cladistics [ (kluh-dis-tiks) ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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