cline
cline \'kli-n\ n [Gk klinein to lean] : a graded series of morphological or physiological differences exhibited by a group of related organisms usu. along a line of environmental or geographic transition
Webster's English Dictionarycline \'kli-n\ n [Gk klinein to lean] : a graded series of morphological or physiological differences exhibited by a group of related organisms usu. along a line of environmental or geographic transition