clade

noun
/kleɪd/

A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.

Other meanings

A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.

Related words

cladeless
cladic
cladism
haploclade
interclade
intraclade
microclade
miniclade
multiclade
paraclade
subclade
superclade

Example sentences

“People with a given skin color do not form a genetic clade.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “clade” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.