taxonomy
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ə noun, plural tax·on·o·mies.
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.
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So is asexual. Does it mean:
| the close external resemblance of an organism to some different organism, such that it benefits from mistaken identity, as seeming to be unpalatable |
| having no sexual organs; independent of sexual processes; not involving the union of male and female germ cells |
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World English Dictionary
taxonomy (tækˈsɒnəmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure, origin, etc |
| b. the practice of arranging organisms in this way | |
| 2. | the science or practice of classification |
| [C19: from French taxonomie, from Greek taxis order + | |
| taxonomic | |
| —adj | |
| taxo'nomical | |
| —adj | |
| taxo'nomically | |
| —adv | |
| tax'onomist | |
| —n | |
| tax'onomer | |
| —n | |
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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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
taxonomy tax·on·o·my (tāk-sŏn'ə-mē)
n.
The classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships.
The science, laws, or principles of classification; systematics.
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Science Dictionary
taxonomy (tāk-sŏn'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) 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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Cultural Dictionary
taxonomy [(tak-son-uh-mee)]The classification of living things. (See Linnean classification.)
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Example sentences
The ethnic terminology used in the medical literature can be rather ill-suited to the task of biological taxonomy.
It isn't a bad emblem for the broader changes transforming the science of taxonomy.
But it is possible to attempt a euphemistic taxonomy.
The taxonomy and phylogeny favoured by these authors is depicted in the adjacent diagram.
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