Example Sentences

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But, by way of species, we are taxonomically marginal.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024

Corals also house functionally and taxonomically diverse bacteria, viruses, archaea and microeukaryotes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

“Nowhere in the world are fruit fly invasions as frequent, recurrent, persistent, continuous, contiguous, widespread, and taxonomically diverse as those that have occurred in California,” Carey said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Otters primarily eat fish and are taxonomically part of the mustelid family along with weasels, badgers and wolverines.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Procyonids represent a taxonomically allied group that shared a common ecological situation for millions of years; consequently, members of this family might be expected to show some uniformity in their Ḣb.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.