Definition of "cladist" [cladist]

• One who classifies organisms according to the principles of cladistics. (noun)

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• "Do you mean number of branches in a cladist analysis, for example?"
• "And we use such terms as panadaptationist and cladist."
• "Now, from your posts, I would take you for a ‘cladist.’"