English Dictionary

dichotomous key

名詞

(biology) A written tool for identification of plants and animals. It is written as a sequence of paired questions, the choice of which determines the next pair of questions until a name or identification is reached.

日本語の意味

生物（植物や動物）の識別に用いる、二分法に基づいた対の質問（または選択肢）の連続で構成される識別ツール

The students used a dichotomous key to identify the unknown insect collected in the field.

生徒たちは野外で採集した未知の昆虫の種を特定するために二分鑑別表を使った。

意味（1）

(biology) A written tool for identification of plants and animals. It is written as a sequence of paired questions, the choice of which determines the next pair of questions until a name or identification is reached.

dichotomous keys （ plural ）