clade

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλάδος (“shoot, branch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kleɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

clade (plural clades)

1. (biology, systematics) A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.

   The clade containing humans and chimps is smaller than that containing humans, chimps and fireflies

   The clade Dinosauria includes all dinosaurs as well as birds, which are descended from the dinosaurs.

2. (genetics) A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.

Quotations

• 2004, New Scientist, 11 Sep 2004, p.13

  A clade is made up of an ancestral species and all its descendants

Derived terms

• cladist
• cladistic
• cladistics
• cladogenesis
• cladogram

Translations

group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species

Esperanto: klado (eo)

See also

• class
• family
• genus
• kingdom
• order
• phylum
• species
• taxonomy

Anagrams

• decal
• E.D. Cal.
• laced

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Italian

Noun

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clade m. (plural cladi)

1. (taxonomy) clade

Anagrams

• calde

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Latin

Noun

clāde

1. ablative singular of clādes