clade

Plural: clades

Noun

a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.

Verb

To be part of a clade; to form a clade.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”). Coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957 in a paper titled "The three types of evolutionary process" in Nature. Doublet of cladus.

Scrabble Score: 8

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Words With Friends Score: 10

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