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noun 
  1. (systematics): The group of all living descendants of a common ancestor species.
The clade containing humans and chimps is smaller than that containing humans, chimps and fireflies
The clade Dinosauria includes all dinosaurs as well the birds, which are descended from the dinosaurs.
Etymology: From Greek "shoot" or "branch".

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