cladistics
Meaning of cladistics
noun
An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics).
Information about cladistics
- It is a name.
- The singular form of cladistics is: cladistic.
- Languages in which cladistics is used:
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Hyphenation of cladistics
cladis-tics
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- cladistics is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of cladistics
- Spanish: cladística
- French: cladistique
- Portuguese: cladística
- Italian: cladistica
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