taxonomy
English
Noun
taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)
- The science or the technique used to make a classification.
- A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
- (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms
- taxonomics
- (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy
Coordinate terms
- class, classis, infraclass, infraclassis, subclass, subclassis
- domain
- familia, family, subfamilia, subfamily, superfamilia, superfamily
- genus
- kingdom, subkingdom
- nomenclature
- ontology
- order, ordo, gigaorder, grandorder, infraorder, infraordo, magnorder, parvorder, suborder, subordo, superorder, superordo
- phylum, subphylum, superphylum
- rank
- regnum, subregnum, superregnum
- species, subspecies
- taxon
- terminology
Derived terms
- cybertaxonomy
- folk taxonomy
- scientific taxonomy
- taxonomic
Translations
science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
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classification in a hierarchical system
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