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Definition of Taxonomical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to taxonomy. "A taxonomic designation"

Definition of Taxonomical

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to taxonomy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxonomical

Literary usage of Taxonomical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"... of laws and by-laws that we are compelled to incubate and wet-nurse every premature and monstrous taxonomical imbecility till it dies a natural death, ..."

2. Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Workshop at Lusaka by International Rice Research Institute (1986)
"MORPHOLOGICAL AND taxonomical VARIATION The wide polymorphism of rice is another important feature. In the areas mentioned above usually three species of ..."

3. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Silviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"Ashton had a taxonomical approach, while Maury- Lechon concentrated on the definition of natural groups and their phylogenetic trends. ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"... and who possessed clear taxonomical ideas in his generalizations, as a rule, believed, when he gave his 'scheme' of the relationships of Pluvialis, ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... directly taxonomical; but Huxley (1867, 1868) started what was practically a new line of investigation, though it subsequently appeared that up to a ..."

6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"... also the preponderant idea of all lofty biological contemplation, because the anatomical and physiological aspects there coalesce with the taxonomical. ..."

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