Etymology · Ancient Greek
κλάδος
6 English words descend from Ancient Greek κλάδος, most common first.
- cladeA group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
- cladisticsAn approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics.
- acanthocladousHaving spiny branches.
- clado-clade; branches of organisms
- cladusA branch of a ramose spicule, which collectively form the cladome.
- polycladousHaving many branches