the Linnean Society
/ðə lɪˈneɪən səsaɪəti/
/ðə lɪˈneɪən səsaɪəti/
- an organization established in 1788 at Burlington House, London, for the scientific study of plants and animals. It was named after Carolus Linnaeus (1707-78), a Swedish scientist who invented a system for naming living things, and whose library and scientific collections are kept by the Society. The Society publishes several scientific journals.
Linnean协会：1788年在伦敦伯灵顿大厦成立的组织，专门从事植物和动物的科学研究。它以瑞典科学家Carolus Linnaeus（1707-78）的名字命名，他发明了一种命名生物的系统，该图书馆和科学馆藏由该学会保存。该学会出版了几种科学期刊。