taxonomic
Americanadjective
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SOSA's mission is to foster global cooperation, supply technical resources for species documentation, and promote efficient, transparent taxonomic publishing.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Given the obstacles faced by taxonomic research and researchers and to the planet, we didn't have that long left.
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
A majority of respondents ascribed consciousness to a broad taxonomic breadth of animals, although at slightly lower majorities as compared to emotions.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024
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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