taxonomy

Noun

Meaning

That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

order organization arrangement classification nomenclature typology categorization systematics ornithology analysis biology botany pharmacology codification entomology
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Antonyms

welter hell salmagundi disorder confusion disturbance
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Hypernyms

classification hierarchy assortment categorization categorisation compartmentalization

Hyponyms

cladistics cladistic analysis

Phrases with the word

morpho-taxonomy trace fossil taxonomy fungus taxonomy scientific taxonomy fish taxonomy evolutionary taxonomy

Examples

We now have many of the answers that once eluded Darwin, thanks to two developments that he could not have imagined: continental drift and molecular taxonomy. Jerry Coyne

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way. Rick Moody

Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear. Bill Gates

Genome sequencing has changed taxonomy. Richard Dawkins

'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America. John Lahr

A hierarchical taxonomy of quadrilaterals is illustrated by the figure to the right. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

taxonomist taxonomize taxonomizer taxonym taxonymy taxophobic