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superclades

superclades is the plural of superclade.

Meaning of superclade

Noun

superclade (plural superclades)

  1. A clade that includes other clades.
    • This latter superclade was strongly supported clade by BI analysis (PP = 1.00), while the clade (clades 13 + P. axillaris + clade 3) was strongly supported by the total (1.00/70) and plastid (1.00/89) datasets.2015 July 11, Wen-Bin Yu et al., “Towards a comprehensive phylogeny of the large temperate genus Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae), with an emphasis on species from the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains”, in BMC...

Questions about superclades

What is superclades the plural of?
Superclades is the plural of superclade.

Words near superclades in the dictionary

  1. supercivilised
  2. supercivilization
  3. supercivilizations
  4. supercivilized
  5. superclade
  6. superclades
  7. superclass
  8. superclassed
  9. superclasses
  10. superclassical
  11. superclassified

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