natural classification

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noun

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

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natural classification

In a small and homogeneous population there is hardly room for a natural classification of society, or for inner groups of interests that set bounds to sovereign power.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

He owed  something to Cuvier, yet he knew how to utilize the work in anatomy offered by Cuvier in making a natural classification.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

Grew, and then Vaillant had just demonstrated the sexual system and described the fecundating of plants; Linnaeus invents botanical nomenclature and the first complete classifications; the Jussieus discover the subordination of characteristics and natural classification.

From The Ancient Regime by John Durand

And the natural classification gave the order not only of geological succession but also of stages of embryonic development.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler

My work was of considerable use to me, when I had to discuss in the 'Origin of Species,' the principles of a natural classification.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

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