Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: assortment, categorisation, categorization, cladistics, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, hierarchy, systematics

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