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cladistics
[ kluh-dis-tiks ]
/ kləˈdɪs tɪks /
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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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OTHER WORDS FROM cladistics
cla·dis·tic, adjectivecla·dis·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords 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) /
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), nounWord Origin for cladistics
C20: New Latin, from Greek klādos branch, shoot
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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.
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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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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