Linnaean

Definition: Linnaean

Linnaean

Adjective

1. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of of taxonomic classification that he proposed.

Date "Linnaean" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Synonym: Linnaean

Synonym: Linnean (adj). (additional references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	P. CXVI. 392. Trachypterus arcticus, (Brunnich), Nilsson. From Day, "Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland." 393. Stylephorus chordatus, Shaw. From Blainville, " Journal de Physique," Vol. LXXXVII. 394. Stylephorus chordatus, Shaw. From Shaw, "Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London," Vol. I.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
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"Linnaean" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Linnaean" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	4	175,879

Expression using "Linnaean": Linnaean system. Additional references.
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Misspellings
	"Linnaean" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lenahan, Limnaea, Linndeman, Linneaus, Linnena, Lymnaea. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-n-n"
	-1 letter: alanine.
	-2 letters: alanin, anneal, nannie.
	-3 letters: alane, alien, aline, anile, annal, elain, inane, lanai, liana, liane, linen.
	-4 letters: alae, alan, anal, anil, anna, elan, ilea, lain, lane, lean, lien, line, linn, naan, nail, nana, nine.
	-5 letters: aal, ail, ain, ala, ale, ana, ane, ani, inn, lea, lei, lie, lin, nae, nan, nil.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-n-n"
	+1 letter: annealing, annelidan.
	+2 letters: annelidans.
	+3 letters: interannual.
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