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Definition of Taxonomy

1. Noun. A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc.

2. Noun. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification.

3. Noun. Practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships.

Definition of Taxonomy

1. n. That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

Definition of Taxonomy

1. Noun. (context: systematics uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. ¹

2. Noun. The classification in a hierarchical system. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taxonomy

1. the study of scientific classification [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Taxonomy

1. The theories and techniques of naming, describing, and classifying organisms, the study of the relationships of taxa,including positional changes which do not involve changes in the names of taxa. The taxonomic hierarchy is, from top to bottom: kingdom, phylum (for animals) or division (for plants and fungi), class, order, family, genus, species. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxonomy

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