taxonomic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
"We redid our analysis at multiple spatial and taxonomic scales," Baldwin said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
As the field has grown, Benítez and colleagues wanted to quantify animal behavior researchers' perceptions of the taxonomic distribution of animal emotionality.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024
"Our study highlights the importance of resolving the taxonomic relationships of these crown-group fossils," the authors write in the study's conclusion.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024
The real blow came twelve years later, when, as a consequence of a radical taxonomic reshuffle, lepidopterists decided that Pappachi’s moth was in fact a separate species and genus hitherto unknown to science.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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