English
Etymology
From Greek κλάδο� "shoot" or "branch".
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd|-eɪd
Noun
clade
- systematics: The group of all living descendants of 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 the birds, which are descended from the dinosaurs.
Quotations
2004 : A clade is made up of an ancestral species and all its descendants — New Scientist, 11 Sep 2004, p.13
Derived terms
cladist
cladistic
cladistics
cladogenesis
cladogram
See also
class
family
genus
kingdom
order
phylum
species
taxonomy
fr:clade
vi:clade
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