transcription, транскрипция: [ klə-ˈdis-tiks, kla- ]
noun plural but singular in construction
Date: 1965
: a system of biological taxonomy that defines taxa uniquely by shared characteristics not found in ancestral groups and uses inferred evolutionary relationships to arrange taxa in a branching hierarchy such that all members of a given taxon have the same ancestors
• cla·dist ˈkla-dist, ˈklā- noun
• cla·dis·tic klə-ˈdis-tik, kla- adjective
• cla·dis·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb