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quinarian, a. and n.|kwɪˈnɛərɪən|
[See quinary and -ian.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, characterized by, a quinary division.
1845Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation, Classif. Organisms, The quinarian part of the theory. 1865Athenæum No. 1953. 460/2 The circular quinarian system of nature.
B. n. One who advocates or adopts the quinary system in zoology.
1851–6Woodward Mollusca 58 The Quinarians make out five molluscous classes by excluding the Tunicata. 1885Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 16/1 Whose common sense refused to accept..the mystical jargon of the Quinarians. |