cladistics

[ kluh-dis-tiks ]

/ kləˈdɪs tɪks /

noun Biology.(used with a plural verb)

classification of organisms based on the branchings of descendant lineages from a common ancestor.

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) /

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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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.

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.

单词	cladistics
释义	cladistics [ kluh-dis-tiks ] / kləˈdɪs tɪks / noun Biology.(used with a plural verb) classification of organisms based on the branchings of descendant lineages from a common ancestor. 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 UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 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 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 Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 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.
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