taxonomist

Variant of taxonomy

taxonomy definition

tax·ono·my (tak sän′ə mē)

noun pl. taxonomies -·mies

  1. the science of classification; laws and principles covering the classifying of objects
  2. Biol. a system of arranging animals and plants into natural, related groups based on some factor common to each, as structure, embryology, or biochemistry: the basic taxa now in use are, in descending order from most inclusive, kingdom, phylum (in botany, division), class, order, family, genus, and species

Etymology: Fr taxonomie < Gr taxis (see taxis) + nomos, law (see -nomy)

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