Cline

ahd-5
  • noun. A gradual change in a character or feature across the distributional range of a species or population, usually correlated with an environmental or geographic transition.
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  • noun. A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
  • noun. Any graduated continuum.
  • Form
    clinal  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aline  Combine  Dine  Heine  Jain  
    verb-form
    clined  clines  clining