clads
Coats with material
Clads is the third-person singular form of clad, meaning to cover or coat one material with another: The contractor clads the building in aluminum siding.
The word appears most often in construction and manufacturing contexts, where surfaces are protected or decorated with outer layers: She clads the steel beams in fireproof material.
Systematic grouping by traits
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- taxaClassification categories
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
genus · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom · domain · binomial
Family line of descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
pedigree · forebears · progenitors · descendants · progeny · succession · dynasty · kinship
Classification by common descent
- cladogramDiagram of evolutionary branching
- common ancestorOrigin point of descendants
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- outgroupNon-members of one's group
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- taxaClassification categories
species · genus · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom · domain · binomial · rank
ancestry
Family line of descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
genealogy · pedigree · forebears · progenitors · descendants · progeny · succession · dynasty · kinship · family tree
cladistics
Classification by common descent
- cladogramDiagram of evolutionary branching
- common ancestorOrigin point of descendants
- branchingSplitting into separate directions