Term: cladistics: a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms
Candidate hypernym: taxonomy: (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification → 1
Candidate hypernym: cockchafer: any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult → 0
Candidate hypernym: spot: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bowl: a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco → 0
Candidate hypernym: christianization: conversion to Christianity → 0
Candidate hypernym: registered bond: a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner → 0
Candidate hypernym: boyle's law: the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume → 0
Candidate hypernym: explosive: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck → 0
Candidate hypernym: rand: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents → 0
Candidate hypernym: garand rifle: a semiautomatic rifle → 0
Candidate hypernym: vibrio: curved rodlike motile bacterium → 0