undocumented

[Joel S. Berson]

I don't find this terrible.  I take it to mean previously unrecorded
-- that is, not in the Linnaean (or whoever's) taxonomy.

Joel

At 5/13/2010 07:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Primatologists know this means "previously undescribed by science," i.e.,
>"new":
>
>2010 http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116922&org=NSF&from=news
>:
>Odd Mosaic of Dental Features Reveals Undocumented Primate    Previously
>unknown species complicates understanding of African evolution
>
>JL
>
>
>
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