Par'si·mo·ny noun [ Latin parsimonia , parcimonia ; confer parcere to spare, parsus sparing: confer French parcimonie .] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. « Aw... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/26
Refers to a rule used to choose among possible cladograms, which states that the cladogram implying the least number of changes in character states is the best. Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_1.html