clade

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
2. noun A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.
3. verb To be part of a clade; to form a clade.

Similar words

monophyletic variant alternative option animal stirps cladid subfamily craniate subspecies

Often followed by

of is and that with b in a containing

Word family

clades