cladistics
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tɪks noun Biology, (used with a plural verb)
classification of organisms based on the branchings of descendant lineages from a common ancestor.
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cladistics (kləˈdɪstɪks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| (functioning as singular) biology a method of grouping animals that makes use of lines of descent rather than structural similarities | |
| [C20: New Latin, from Greek klādos branch, shoot] | |
| cladism | |
| —n | |
| cladist | |
| —n | |
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Cladistics
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Science Dictionary
| cladistics (klə-dĭs'tĭks) Pronunciation Key
A system of classification based on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms, rather than purely on shared features. Many modern taxonomists prefer cladistics to the traditional hierarchies of Linnean classification systems. Compare Linnean. |
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Cultural Dictionary
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.
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Example sentences
In cladistics, presumptions about particular courses of ancestry and descent are abandoned as unprovable or unknowable.
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