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taxonomy
  1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
  3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Cladistics is currently the most popular paradigm of phylogenetic classification in biological taxonomy.”
      “Notably absent from this conventional taxonomy, however, is kinesthesia, our sensory awareness of the position and movement of the body.”
      “Additionally, I am addressing the highly neglected taxonomy of many of the marine meiofaunal groups.”
taxonym
  1. (semantics) A hyponym that differs only by properties that are highlighted in the corresponding hypernym.
  2. A word used for classification purposes, that is, one that makes up part of a taxonomy.
  3. Examples:
    1. “They conclude that a good taxonym must have as its core a specification of the core of the hyponym.”
      “The proposal in connection with taxonymy is that a taxonym must further specify a highlighted feature of the hypernym and must similarly highlight it.”
taxon
  1. (taxonomy) Any of the taxonomic categories, such as phylum or subspecies.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “According to our results, Sclerothorax is nested well within the higher stereospondyls, forming the sister taxon of capitosauroids.”
      “Such a radical change in the mitochondrial gene arrangement within a closely related taxon has never been observed in other coelomate phyla.”
      “Afrotheria is a newly recognized taxon comprising elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, and elephant shrews.”
taxocenose
  1. A group of species having a similar taxonomic identity
taxonomist
  1. (taxonomy) Someone whose profession is taxonomy, or who performs taxonomy at a professional level.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Joseph Hooker was primarily a taxonomist and a phytogeographer throughout his life.”
      “Crawforth claims that his subject was unmatched as a taxonomist, and that his self-effacing style elevated his writing.”
      “I wish every traditional taxonomist and systematist would read this chapter.”
taxocene
  1. A taxonomically related set of species within a community
taxonymy
  1. The relationship of a taxonym to its corresponding hypernym.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The proposal in connection with taxonymy is that a taxonym must further specify a highlighted feature of the hypernym and must similarly highlight it.”
taxonomer
  1. One who studies or creates a taxonomy.
taxonicity
  1. The state of being taxonic.
taxology
  1. taxonomy
  2. Examples:
    1. “Taxology and evolution in the brain shrimp Artemia.Morphology, Genetics strain characterization, Taxology.”
taxonomics
taxocenoses
  1. plural of taxocenose
taxonomists
  1. plural of taxonomist
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Canada Goose is a highly variable species which has long caused headaches for taxonomists.”
      “But taxonomists rarely actually test interbreeding with live animals or plants to see if they could actually produce healthy, fertile offspring.”
      “Insect taxonomists, describing the cosmopolitans, have carefully spelled out their breeding sites.”
taxonicities
  1. plural of taxonicity
taxonomers
  1. plural of taxonomer
taxocenes
  1. plural of taxocene
taxonomies
  1. plural of taxonomy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By means of so-called extensions, these taxonomies can be adjusted to company specific needs.”
      “This would rule out preservation of the translatability of taxonomies by redefining the changed part in terms of the unchanged part.”
      “These efforts will only have long-term value if there is convergence of the taxonomies, rather than a proliferation of reporting methods.”
taxonyms
  1. plural of taxonym
taxa
  1. plural of taxon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Schizoendemic taxa are vicariant endemics with identical chromosome numbers.”
      “Unfortunately, no study so far has compared the variation in phenotypic characters among all taxa of the X. guttatus superspecies.”
      “These taxa are subdivided generally on the basis of robustness of the premolars.”
taxons
  1. plural of taxon
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