clade /kleɪd/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.All three clades containing Prunum and “Volvarina” species contain morphological features that do not collectively appear in any other living or fossil marginellid species (see above). — 2001 •A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup. verb1 •To be part of a clade; to form a clade.The phylogenetic tree for CiCBR shows it clades with the human cannabinoid receptors rather than with those other human GPCRs which most closely resemble the cannabinoid receptors. — 2009 formscladed · clading · clades
