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Word: chordata (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...taxonomists (biological classifiers) as is Sylvilagus floridanus, the cottontail rabbit. The gun-shooting, crystal-gazing, ballot-casting species-called Homo sapiens by taxonomic courtesy-belongs to the genus homo, the family of Hominidae, the order of primates, the class of mammals, the subphylum of vertebrates, the phylum of Chordata, and to the animal kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ape-Men and Prigs | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

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