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CLADISTICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cladistics mean? 

CLADISTICS (noun)
  The noun CLADISTICS has 1 sense:

1. a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relationsplay

  Familiarity information: CLADISTICS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLADISTICS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

cladistic analysis; cladistics

Hypernyms ("cladistics" is a kind of...):

taxonomy ((biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification)


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