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Taxonomy
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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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Taxonomy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Taxonomy: 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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