Defenition of the word taxonomy
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Defenition of the word taxonomy
- The branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structures, origin, etc.
- A hierarchical organization of a subject area, from one perspective in one language.
- practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
- (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
- a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Synonyms for the word taxonomy
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- arrangement
- catalog
- categorization
- classification
- nomenclature
- organization
Similar words in the taxonomy
Hyponyms for the word taxonomy
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- cladisitic analysis
- cladistic analysis
- cladistics
Hypernyms for the word taxonomy
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- assortment
- categorisation
- categorization
- classification
- compartmentalisation
- compartmentalization
- hierarchy
- systematics
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