SINCE 1828
cladism
noun
cla·dism
| \ ˈklādizəm, ˈkla-\
plural -s
Definition of cladism
: the theory that cladistic methods based on shared characteristics of organisms yield their true evolutionary relationships and provide the basis for a natural biological classification
also
: cladistics
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