clade

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From Ancient Greek κλάδος (shoot, branch).

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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.

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  • 2004, New Scientist, 11 Sep 2004, p.13
    A clade is made up of an ancestral species and all its descendants

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clade m (plural cladi)

  1. (taxonomy) clade

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clāde

  1. ablative singular of clādes