lumper
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- noun
- /ˈlʌmpər/
- Jargon
:
agrupador
- "Ahh, a splitter rather than a lumper," Rupert Giles said.
- lumper potatoes
And I think that I'm a splitter, not a lumper, as we say in science.
- And I think that I'm a splitter, not a lumper, as we say in science.
- In biology, we call the two major groups of of people lumpers and splitters.
Examples
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And I think that I'm a splitter, not a lumper, as we say in science.
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In biology, we call the two major groups of of people lumpers and splitters.
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Taxonomic "lumpers" group them together on the basis of traits they have in common.
Academic text (2006) -
If a lumper had studied family A and a splitter family B, then family A might appear to have fewer species than family B—and the species of family A might therefore appear to be more common.
Academic text (1998) -
I'm going to describe what I think are the major strengths and weaknesses of each; you can tell me whether you think we need more divisions and better defining characteristics, but be warned, taxonomically I'm more of a lumper.
Blog text (3) -
In taxonomic classification, a lumper groups organisms together based on shared characteristics rather than minor differences.
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Scientists often debate whether certain species should be classified by lumpers, who tend to group them broadly.
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A lumper might argue that all varieties of a particular plant belong to the same species due to their similar features.
Synonyms
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A scientist who puts living things into groups by their features
A scientist who groups living things like plants or animals by how they look and act
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Etymology
Lumper comes from the simple word lump ('to put together' or 'a mass') plus -er for a person who does something. So, a lumper in taxonomy is someone who groups organisms into large categories instead of dividing them into many small kinds.