The Linnaean Games consist of a question-and-answer competition on entomological facts played between two teams of up to four players each. From LearnThat.org.
You seem to believe that a nested hierarchy requires rigid ranking, such as seen in Linnaean taxonomy. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
But how much longer will the Linnaean system last?. From Wordnik.com. [inkblurt · Linnaeus’ Birthday in a changing world] Reference
That would be morphological (Linnaean) classification. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
Look at the mother of all typologies: Linnaean taxonomy. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Bartle Type] Reference
The old Linnaean classification "Reptiles" is paraphyletic. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
Or Limenitis camilla, in the older Linnaean classification. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Mirror] Reference
Which is why standard Linnaean classification is so outdated. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
But this is not the same classification as the Linnaean Reptiles. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
Cladograms, Linnaean Taxonomy and set A all have this characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
If he is classified in the Linnaean scale, he must be set down thus: Genus. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
That's why the Linnaean taxonomy has been abandoned in favor of cladistics. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
The Linnaean classification Reptiles is marked in the blue and excludes Aves. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
These expeditions introduced the Linnaean system of naming the medicinal plants. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
The Linnaean Correspondence Project: includes letters to and from Carl Linnaeus. From Wordnik.com. [Linking about: Full-text correspondence databases, online] Reference
As already mentioned, the old Linnaean classification "Reptiles" is paraphyletic. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
That I remember discussing with the Medical Man, whom I met on Friday at the Linnaean. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
There are far more nodes in nature than is shown in a typical Linnaean classification. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
Roget hoped his work would be a Linnaean taxonomy of specimens of the English language. From Wordnik.com. [A Taxonomy of Knowledge] Reference
Darwin refers to classifying organisms under orders and classes, that is, Linnaean taxonomy. From Wordnik.com. [A New Book] Reference
The Linnaean system incorporated three important innovations, none of them completely original. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Linnaeus Day!! - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
He said rigid Linnaean classification would fail, but that the natural arrangement would remain. From Wordnik.com. [A New Book] Reference
In contrast, the Linnaean taxa of "order," "class" etc. must all be used when naming a new taxon. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
See this table for a comparison of the Linnaean taxonomy and cladistics: Summary of criticisms of cladistics. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
(Coral polyps belong to the same Linnaean class as sea anemones, and to the same Linnaean phylum as jellyfish.). From Wordnik.com. [The Biological Notion of Individual] Reference
"So that means you still have four hours to find a mammal that doesn't bring shame to your entire Linnaean order.". From Wordnik.com. [Louis Bayard: A Tiger Mom Shares Her Secrets] Reference
And, if that is not all, every word, true, then there is no faith in microscopes, and all is over with the Linnaean. From Wordnik.com. [The Water Babies] Reference
One can use the Linnaean scheme, but with our current understanding of biology that scheme is not all that sensible. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
This is a study for the 1881 portrait painted for the Linnaean Society replica dated 1883, National Portrait Gallery. From Wordnik.com. [John Collier - portrait of Charles Darwin (study)] Reference
You're still confusing the rigid hierarchies of Linnaean taxonomy with the more general nested hierarchy of cladistics. From Wordnik.com. [A New Book] Reference
Williams categorized all aspects of Chinese life just as a naturalist trained in the Linnaean system would classify species. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876] Reference
As a result, he said, Linnaean-inspired tree systems play an integral role in putting DNA sequence information in perspective. From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Name? The Future of Life] Reference
Linnaean taxonomy has been supplanted, however, both cladistics and Linnaean taxonomy classify according to nested hierarchies. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
Such being the general ferment in the minds of naturalists, it is no wonder that they mustered strong in the rooms of the Linnaean. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
Still no consensus as to what to call the hybrid, but the proposed Linnaean classification, Ursus maritimus horribilis, sounds cool. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
This styptic, I am told by Mr.R. B. Sharpe, of the British Museum, was long supposed to be peculiar to Malta; hence its pre-Linnaean name. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
The Linnaean system would define the taxon 'Aves' to include all modern birds, and base this taxon on a number of shared characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
It is one of the few Linnaean generic terms which have been entirely set aside by the names adopted for the modern divisions of the group. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
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