taxonomy
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[edit] Etymology
From Greek τάξις (taxis), “‘arrangement, order’”) + -νομία (-nomia), “‘method’”) < νόμος (-nomos), “‘law, managing’”) < νέμειν (nemein), “‘manage’”).
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taxonomy (plural taxonomies)
- (systematics, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
- The classification in a hierarchical system.
[edit] Synonyms
- (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy
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science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
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classification in a hierarchical system
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