Linnean

Variant of Linnaean

Linnaean definition

Lin·naean or Linnean Lin·ne′an (li nē′ən)

adjective

of Linnaeus; esp., designating or of his system of classifying plants and animals by using a double name, the first word naming the genus, and the second the species

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