Definition of clade in English:

clade

noun kleɪdklād

Biology

A group of organisms believed to comprise all the evolutionary descendants of a common ancestor.
〔生〕进化枝，分化体，分化单位
the great ape and human clade
Example sentencesExamples
- Species in the two primary clades in the genus tend to be found in different parts of North America.
- Was survival of the various clades through various biotic crises just a matter of luck?
- The same mode of increase has been adopted independently in phylogenetically distinct clades.
- The monilophytes refers to the monophyletic clade of horsetails and ferns.
- Fossils are often not ancestors of extant taxa, but instead may be extinct sister groups to modern taxa or clades.

Origin

1950s: from Greek klados 'branch'.

Definition of clade in US English:

clade

nounklād

Biology

A group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, according to the principles of cladistics.
the great ape and human clade
Example sentencesExamples
- Species in the two primary clades in the genus tend to be found in different parts of North America.
- The monilophytes refers to the monophyletic clade of horsetails and ferns.
- Was survival of the various clades through various biotic crises just a matter of luck?
- The same mode of increase has been adopted independently in phylogenetically distinct clades.
- Fossils are often not ancestors of extant taxa, but instead may be extinct sister groups to modern taxa or clades.

Origin

1950s: from Greek klados ‘branch’.

词汇	clade
释义	Definition of clade in English: clade noun kleɪdklād Biology A group of organisms believed to comprise all the evolutionary descendants of a common ancestor. 〔生〕进化枝，分化体，分化单位 the great ape and human clade Example sentencesExamples Species in the two primary clades in the genus tend to be found in different parts of North America. Was survival of the various clades through various biotic crises just a matter of luck? The same mode of increase has been adopted independently in phylogenetically distinct clades. The monilophytes refers to the monophyletic clade of horsetails and ferns. Fossils are often not ancestors of extant taxa, but instead may be extinct sister groups to modern taxa or clades. Origin 1950s: from Greek klados 'branch'. Definition of clade in US English: clade nounklād Biology A group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, according to the principles of cladistics. the great ape and human clade Example sentencesExamples Species in the two primary clades in the genus tend to be found in different parts of North America. The monilophytes refers to the monophyletic clade of horsetails and ferns. Was survival of the various clades through various biotic crises just a matter of luck? The same mode of increase has been adopted independently in phylogenetically distinct clades. Fossils are often not ancestors of extant taxa, but instead may be extinct sister groups to modern taxa or clades. Origin 1950s: from Greek klados ‘branch’.
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