Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Quinary, as a system of classification; classified in sets of five.
  • noun In zoology, one who proposed, practised, or taught the quinary system of classification; an adherent of the quinary system.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Divided into five parts
  • adjective taxonomy Describing a system of classification based on the quinary system
  • noun An advocate of this method of classification

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