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Linnean definition

Relating to the system of taxonomic classification and binomial nomenclature originated by Carolus Linnaeus. In the Linnean system, organisms are grouped according to shared characteristics into a hierarchical series of fixed categories ranging from subspecies at the bottom to kingdom at the top.
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Of, or relating to Carl von Linné, Swedish nobleman, born as Carolus Linnaeus: "the Linnean Society".
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Of, or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him.
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Linnean Sentence Examples

  • The minute-book of the Linnean Society of London shows that his Prolusio was read at meetings of that Society between the 15th of November 1814 and the 21st of February 1815.

  • In 1833 he became a fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1844 he was made a knight of the order of St Vladimir by the emperor of Russia.

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