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Taxonomy

Taxonomy Meaning & Definition
Taxonomy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Taxonomy?

[n] practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
[n] (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
[n] a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

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See Also | assortment | categorisation | categorization | cladistics | classification | compartmentalisation | compartmentalization | hierarchy | systematics

Taxonomy In Webster's Dictionary

\Tax*on"o*my\ (-m[y^]), n. [Gr. 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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