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pseudocladistic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English cladistic English pseudocladistic From pseudo- + cladistic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Appearing to be cladistic but lacking systematic methodology and using subjective classification.
    • Bishop (1979) was the first author to propose a hypothesis of relationships based on a pseudocladistic analysis for the American camaenid genera. 2008, M. J. Bishop, “A new species of Caracolus (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from the Oligocene of Nebraska and the biotic history of the American camaenid land snails”, in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 67, number 3, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026: