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crown group

crown group noun: the smallest clade that includes all living representatives of a biological group, their most recent common ancestor, and all descendants of that ancestor, both living and extinct.

Noun

crown group (plural crown groups)

  1. (phylogenetics) The smallest clade that includes all living representatives of a biological group, their most recent common ancestor, and all descendants of that ancestor, both living and extinct.
    Synonyms:
    crown clade

Synonyms of crown group

Forms of crown group

pluralcrown groups

Questions about crown group

What does crown group mean?
Crown group means the smallest clade that includes all living representatives of a biological group, their most recent common ancestor, and all descendants of that ancestor, both living and extinct.
What part of speech is crown group?
Crown group is a noun.
What is the plural of crown group?
The plural of crown group is crown groups.

Words near crown group in the dictionary

  1. crown graph
  2. crown graphs
  3. crown green
  4. crown green bowls
  5. crown greens
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  8. crown immunities
  9. crown immunity
  10. crown imperial
  11. crown imperials

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