taxonomy
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Careful classification, known as taxonomy, is essential for understanding the animals that live in the CCZ.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
In “If I Go,” Thompson-Hernández scraps the three-act structure for something more novelistic, a risk that a lesser director might have fumbled but one he turns into a profound taxonomy on grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
As the authors note, "New species continue to be discovered, exemplified by Lycodon irwini, highlighting the ongoing progress in taxonomy and the incomplete understanding of herpetofaunal diversity and distribution in the region."
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025
In the emerging taxonomy of eVTOLs, the BlackFly is known as a tilt-aircraft design.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
He lists 121 figures, and divides them according to a taxonomy that’s highly serviceable today:* grouping them according to the type of thing they did.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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