Look up: taxonomy

1. taxonomy
   process of classifying plants and animals.
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2. Taxonomy
   the science of classifying organisms
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3. taxonomy
   The science of naming and classifying organisms.
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4. Taxonomy
   the science of classifying and identifying organisms. The modern classification of organisms reflects their presumed phylogeny.
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5. Taxonomy
   Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms into groups by structure, origin, common ancestor, etc.
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6. taxonomy
   The discipline concerned with naming and classifying organisms according to their natural relationships, and utilizing standardized rules and provisions.
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7. taxonomy
   monohierarchical classification of concepts, as used, for example, in the classification of biological organisms. The above definition is a personal opinion; the definition proposed in BS8723-3 is 'structured vocabulary using classificatory principles as well as thesaural features, designed as a nav...
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8. Taxonomy
   The science of classification and naming of species.
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9. Taxonomy
   The science of classification of organisms according to resemblances and differences.
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10. taxonomy
    [n] - a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc 2. [n] - (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification 3. [n] - practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
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11. Taxonomy
    A collection of controlled vocabulary terms organised into a hierarchical structure. Similar to thesaurus.
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12. Taxonomy
    The science of identifying, naming and classifying plants.
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13. Taxonomy
    the science of the classification of living things, grouped by similarity: species are grouped into genera, genera into families, families into orders, orders into classes, classes into phyla, and phyla with similar characteristics at the top level of the classification system - the kingdom. Plants ...
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14. taxonomy
    the science of classifying organisms according to natural relationships,based mainly on morphological criteria Category: Botany and zoology
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15. Taxonomy
    The classification of animals and plants based upon natural relationships.
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16. Taxonomy
    The study of the rules, principles and practice of classifying living organisms.
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17. Taxonomy
    Tax·on'o·my (-mȳ) noun [ Greek ta`xis an arrangement, order + no`mos a law.] That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
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18. taxonomy
    <zoology> 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 di...
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19. taxonomy
    noun practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
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20. taxonomy
    noun (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
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21. taxonomy
    noun a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
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22. taxonomy
    (tak-son´ә-me) the orderly classification of organisms or lists into appropriate categories (taxa), with application of suitable and correct names. adj., taxonom´ic., adj. numerical taxonomy a method of classifying organisms solely on the basis of the number of shared...
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23. Taxonomy
    • (n.) That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
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24. taxonomy
    in a broad sense, the science of classification, but more strictly the classification of living and extinct organisms—i.e., biological ... [38 related articles]
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25. taxonomy
    taxonomy 1. The classification of organisms (plants and animals) in an ordered system that indicates their presumed natural relationships. 2. The science, laws, or principles of scientific classification; systematics. 3. Division into ordered groups or categories. 4. A classification of organisms...
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