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