Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cladistic
1960, from clade + -istic. Related: Cladistics "systematic classification of life forms" (1965; see -ics).
Wiktionary
cladistic
a. Of, relating to, or generated using cladistics.
Usage examples of "cladistic".
No doubt it was one of the computer jocks in data processing, calling to complain about the enormous amount of CPU time her cladistic regression program was soaking up.
In simple terms, cladistics consists of organizing organisms on the basis of shared features.
In simple terms, cladistics consists of organizing organisms on the basis of shared features.