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Linnaean

adjective

(also Linnean) adjective

NAmE//lɪˈniən//

, NAmE//lɪˈneɪən//

(biology)

relating to the system of naming and arranging living things into scientific groups, invented by Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)

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