taxonomy

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noun

1. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
• Derivationally related forms:
taxonomist, taxonomic, taxonomical
• Hypernyms:
hierarchy
2. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
• Derivationally related forms:
taxonomist, taxonomic, taxonomical
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
systematics
• Hyponyms:
cladistics, cladistic analysis
3. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
• Derivationally related forms:
taxonomist, taxonomic, taxonomical
• Hypernyms:
categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment