clade
clade
Definition
clade (klād)
noun
a group of living organisms that includes all the descendants sharing specific genetic traits of a common ancestor
clade
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- avian: Unlike the 1957 and 1968 pandemic HAs, phylogenetic analyzes do not place the 1918 sequence in the avian clade.
Modifies a noun
- name: Method E: Species names begin with a lower-case letter; thus all species names are distinguishable from clade names.
Browse dictionary entries near clade
- cladding
- clad
- Clactonian
- Clackmannan
- clack valve
- clack
- clachan
- clabber
- cl
- ck
- cladism
- cladist
- cladistic
- cladistics
- cladoceran
- cladode
- cladogram
- cladophyll
- claim
- claim for relief
