natural classification

British  

noun

1. biology classification of organisms according to relationships based on descent from a common ancestor

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Example Sentences

But the Darwinian is searching for a natural classification.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

We can see why characters derived from the embryo should be of equal importance with those derived from the adult, for a natural classification of course includes all ages.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

In so far as a natural classification is grounded on real Kinds, its groups are certainly not conventional: it is perfectly true that they do not depend upon an arbitrary choice of the naturalist.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart

Our luminous classifier then triumphantly winds up:—"Having now demonstrated, in one of the very lowest groups of quadrupeds, the validity of those principles of natural classification we have so often illustrated," &c.

From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by Vasey, George

Regard being had to their specific importance, I foresee that this natural classification will be attended with happy consequences, both for sciences and literature.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.