extraordinal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

extra- +‎ ordinal

Adjective[edit]

extraordinal (not comparable)

  1. (taxonomy) From another taxonomic order
    • 2015 August 5, “Impacts of the 2011 Tsunami on Sediment Characteristics and Macrozoobenthic Assemblages in a Shallow Eutrophic Lagoon, Sendai Bay, Japan”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The much larger R values for ANOSIM between 2011 and pre-tsunami years (2005 to 2008) suggest that tsunami-induced changes in macrozoobenthic community structure were extraordinal.