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Re: [lojban] Taxonomy



At 04:45 PM 07/17/2001 -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:
>My point is that the selbri works equally well for
>x1-species jutsi x2-genus x3-family x4 order
>as
>x1 subspecies jutsi x2 species x3 genus x4 family x5 suborder x6 order
>as
>x1 species jutsi x2 order

Which is what I thought, and in that case jutsi, seljutsi, e zo'e are *not*
what I am looking for. I'm looking for words to translate order, class, family,
etc. as they are used in taxonomy.

How are they used in taxonomy, other than as a set of ordered tiers in classification.

In other words, is there a meaningful definition of "family" other than subdivision of either an order or suborder and/or a grouping of several related genera. If there is a definition other than one dependent on the other levels in the hierarchy, I can come up with a translation word that makes sense. Otherwise I might use a fu'ivla.

lojbab
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