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ALL meanings of clade

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  • noun clade a group of organisms considered as having evolved from a common ancestor 3
  • noun clade a group of living organisms that includes all the descendants sharing specific genetic traits of a common ancestor 3
  • noun clade a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor. 1
  • noun clade A group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, according to the principles of cladistics. 1
  • noun clade (systematics) A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species. 0
  • noun clade (genetics) A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup. 0
  • verb clade (very rare) To be part of a clade; to form a clade. 0
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