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taxonomy

[ tak-son-uh-mee ]

noun

plural taxonomies.
  1. the science or technique of classification.
  2. a classification into ordered categories:

    a proposed taxonomy of educational objectives.

  3. Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.


taxonomy

/ t忙k藞s蓲n蓹m瑟; 藢t忙ks蓹藞n蓲m瑟k /

noun

    1. the branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure, origin, etc
    2. the practice of arranging organisms in this way
  1. the science or practice of classification
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

taxonomy

  1. The scientific classification of organisms into specially named groups based either on shared characteristics or on evolutionary relationships as inferred from the fossil record or established by genetic analysis.

taxonomy

  1. The classification of living things. ( See Linnean classification .)
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Derived Forms

  • 藢迟补虫辞藞苍辞尘颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
  • 迟补虫藞辞苍辞尘颈蝉迟, noun
  • taxonomic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟补虫路辞路苍辞尘路颈肠 [tak-s, uh, -, nom, -ik], 迟补虫顎卭路苍辞尘顎僫路肠补濒 adjective
  • 迟补虫顎卭路苍辞尘顎僫路肠补濒路ly adverb
  • 迟补虫路辞苍顎僶路尘颈蝉迟 迟补虫路辞苍顎僶路尘别谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍顎卼补虫路辞路苍辞尘顎僫肠 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卼补虫路辞路苍辞尘顎僫路肠补濒 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卼补虫路辞路苍辞尘顎僫路肠补濒路ly adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of taxonomy1

First recorded in 1805鈥15, taxonomy is from the French word taxonomie. See taxo-, -nomy
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of taxonomy1

C19: from French taxonomie, from Greek taxis order + -nomy
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The way that I could be useful to Roo then and now was photography and taxonomy.

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Nakai spent time studying the Dudleya genus, succulents native to the West Coast, and contributed to its taxonomy, or scientific classification.

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鈥淎dvancements in coral taxonomy using DNA has led to the discovery of new species of coral and better taxonomic definition,鈥 Alliji said.

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At times, however, he fails to draw a connection between a species and the city, punctuating the book with vignettes laden with contextless taxonomy.

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But if Bogle鈥檚 book was a taxonomy, it was also a reclamation.

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