CLADISTICS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations

Synonyms:

cladistic analysis; cladistics

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cladistics" is a kind of...):

taxonomy ((biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification)

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