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cladogram

clad·o·gram
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klad-uh-gram, kley-duh-]
    • /ˈklæd əˌgræm, ˈkleɪ də-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klad-uh-gram, kley-duh-]
    • /ˈklæd əˌgræm, ˈkleɪ də-/

Definitions of cladogram word

  • noun cladogram a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade 3
  • noun cladogram a branching diagram used in cladistics to illustrate speciation and the relationships between species by showing the development and divergence of clades 3
  • noun cladogram a branching diagram depicting the successive points of species divergence from common ancestral lines without regard to the degree of deviation. 1
  • noun cladogram A branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. 1
  • noun cladogram (taxonomy) A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors. 0
  • noun cladogram (phylogenetics) A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis. 0

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Origin of cladogram

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70; clado- + -gram1

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Parts of speech for Cladogram

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cladogram popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

cladogram usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with cladogram

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