Definitions | clade |
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- (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.
Etymology: From Greek "shoot" or "branch".
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