taxonomic
Americanadjective
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Complete taxonomic descriptions of the genus and its species were published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
To reach their conclusions, the team examined the taxonomic records of roughly 2 million species from across all major forms of life.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
The work that we did in Los Cedros, and the work that I try to do everywhere I go, is intended to be a kind of taxonomic brochure.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
If you can take good pictures of something, you can convey a lot of these characteristics that formerly would have just been illustrated or more often described using taxonomic terminology.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
Like Darwin, he collected beetles, but he lacked his cousin’s plodding, taxonomic mind and soon gave up his collection for more ambitious pursuits.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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