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clades

clades is the plural of clade.

Meaning of clade

Noun

clade (plural clades)

  1. (systematics) A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
    • All three clades containing Prunum and “Volvarina” species contain morphological features that do not collectively appear in any other living or fossil marginellid species (see above).2001, Ross H. Nehm, “6: Linking Evolutionary Pattern and Development Process in Marginellid Gastropods”, in Alan H. Cheetham, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Scott Lidgard, Frank K. McKinney, editors...
  2. A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.

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Phrases with clades

Questions about clades

What is clades the plural of?
Clades is the plural of clade.

Words near clades in the dictionary

  1. cladding
  2. claddings
  3. clade
  4. claded
  5. cladeless
  6. clades
  7. cladi
  8. cladia
  9. cladial
  10. cladic
  11. cladid

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