scala naturaen.
/ˌskeɪlə nəˈtjʊəriː/, /ˌskɑːlə naˈt(j)ʊərʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌskeɪlə nəˈtʊri/, /ˌskɑlə næˈtʊraɪ/ = scale of nature at scale n.3 5a; the chain of being (chain n. 4a).
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1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species v. 149 Beings low in the scale of nature are more variable than those which are higher.]
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 806/1 Lamarck represents most completely..the highwater mark of the popular but fallacious conception of a scala naturae.
1972 Science 2 June 986/3 The concept of evolution, at that period, still evoked in most naturalists the image of the scala naturae, the ladder of perfection.
1983 E. C. Minkoff Evolutionary Biol. iii. 50/2 Buffon's criticisms of Linnaeus were several. He objected especially to any arbitrary subdivision of nature, for he believed that the scala naturae was a continuum.
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