taxonomical
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This taxonomical lumping together—this mass Hinduization, as it were—would have profound political consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The bare-nosed wombat is famous for many things, from its adorable features to its taxonomical membership within the marsupials.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2021
In this holistic way the whole shapes the parts, taxonomical units cohere into clouds, microcosms mushroom into macrocosms, webs of interrelationship form.
From Slate • Sep. 13, 2016
Confusing the issue, Mallon added, has been taxonomical issues that have only recently recognised the Palestine mountain gazelle – known by its Latin name Gazella gazella – as a genetically distinct species.
From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2015
“I think I’ll end up with at least a partial answer to whether there are enough similarities between similar but not really closely related species to use as a taxonomical tool,” he said.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2011
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