Linnaeus

[li'ni(:)əs]

Definition

(noun.) Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778).

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Examples

Among insects there are innumerable instances; thus Linnaeus, misled by external appearances, actually classed an homopterous insect as a moth. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

Editor: Winthrop

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