natural classification
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the next place we require a true and natural classification of animals and plants, so that we may know their real affinities; and it is only now that this is being generally arrived at.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel
“We will end this first part with the principles and the exposition of the natural classification of animals.”
From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
The idea of transformism is already contained in germ in the natural classification of organised beings.
From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Benson, Vincent
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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
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 Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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