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tax⋅on⋅o⋅my

  [tak-son-uh-mee]
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–noun
1. the science or technique of classification.
2. Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.
Origin:
1805–15; F taxonomie. See taxo-, -nomy

Related forms:
tax⋅o⋅nom⋅ic  [tak-suh-nom-ik] , tax⋅o⋅nom⋅i⋅cal, adjective
tax⋅o⋅nom⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
tax⋅on⋅o⋅mist, tax⋅on⋅o⋅mer, noun
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Cultural Dictionary

taxonomy [(tak-son-uh-mee)]

The classification of living things. (See Linnean classification.)

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Word Origin & History

taxonomy 
1828, from Fr. taxonomie (1813), introduced by Linnæus and coined irregularly from Gk. taxis "arrangement" (see taxidermy) + -nomia "method," from -nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatics).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tax·on·o·my
Pronunciation: tak-'sän-&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
1 : the study of the general principles of scientific classification : SYSTEMATICS
2 : orderlyclassification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
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Medical Dictionary

taxonomy tax·on·o·my (tāk-sŏn'ə-mē)
n.

  1. The classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships.

  2. The science, laws, or principles of classification; systematics.

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Science Dictionary
taxonomy   (tāk-sŏn'ə-mē)  Pronunciation Key 


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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.
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