CLADISTICS


Meaning of CLADISTICS in English

— cladistic , adj. — cladistically , adv.

/kleuh dis"tiks/ , n. Biol. ( used with a pl. v. )

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

[ 1965-70; cladist ( ic ) (see CLAD-, -ISTIC) + -ICS ]

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