Linnaeus

American  

[li-nee-uhs] / lɪˈni əs /

noun

1. Carolus Carl von Linné, 1707–78, Swedish botanist.

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Linnaeus British  

/ -ˈneɪ-, lɪˈniːəs /

noun

1. Carolus (ˈkærələs), original name Carl von Linné. 1707–78, Swedish botanist, who established the binomial system of biological nomenclature that forms the basis of modern classification

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Linnaeus Scientific  

/ lĭ-nē′əs,lĭ-nā′əs /

1. Swedish naturalist who in 1735 introduced a method for classifying plants and animals using generic and specific designations. This laid the foundation for the modern system of binomial nomenclature.

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Example Sentences

“There are a lot of people using these aircraft as taxis, where you cover whatever distance by aircraft simply because it's more convenient,” Professor Stefan Gossling, from Sweden's Linnaeus University, who led the research, said.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2024

“We’ve been lucky to do this study now,” said Stefan Gössling, the lead author and a professor of tourism research at Linnaeus University in Sweden.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Most of us have heard of the 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his systems of categorization; less familiar is his rival, the French mathematician and naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

The study was done in collaboration with researchers from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, Harvard University, Northwestern University, the Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, and Linnaeus University in Sweden.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

He told me about Linnaeus and his system for naming all living things in Nature and how we still followed this system whenever we named a new species.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly