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PARA-294-Evolutionary-Grade: 🦀 Maryoshka

Caretaker Status: Bonded to CARE-18

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 6 - abstract
Word: Grade (Evolutionary)

Origin:
Evolution(ary):
1620s, "an opening of what was rolled up," from Latin evolutionem (nominative evolutio) "unrolling (of a book)," noun of action from past participle stem of evolvere "to unroll" (see evolve).
Grade:
1510s, "degree of measurement," from French grade "grade, degree" (16c.), from Latin gradus "a step, a pace, gait; a step climbed (on a ladder or stair);" figuratively "a step toward something, a degree of something rising by stages," from gradi (past participle gressus) "to walk, step, go," from PIE root *ghredh- "to walk, go." It replaced Middle English gree "a step, degree in a series," from Old French grei "step," from Latin gradus.

Definition:
In alpha taxonomy, a grade is a taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity.
The term was coined by British biologist Julian Huxley, to contrast with clade, a strictly phylogenetic unit.

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - Naturally talented at arbitrarily weeding things out of categories because they're "too different".

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware