systematist
- noun
- /ˈsɪstəmətɪst/
- Specialized
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sistemático
- Five reference collections are curated by more than 30 Agricultural Research Service systematists at Beltsville, Maryland.
- systematists and taxonomists
- plant systematist
Examples
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Both grants provided funds for systematists whose manuscripts were well along and who needed funds for illustrations, duplicating manuscripts, and the like.
Academic text (1996) -
A systematist analyzes the genetic relationships among various plant species to classify them accurately.
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Some systematists tend to lump species, whereas others are splitters.
Academic text (1998) -
SEL systematists are often responsible for groups comprising tens of thousands of species, most of which are undescribed and unknown to science.
Academic text (2002) -
I was also keenly aware that systematists collaborating in the preparation of manuals required some financial assistance.
Academic text (1996) -
But Cantino, a plant systematist at Ohio University, contends that the binomial has outlived its usefulness.
Academic text (1998) -
Despite these straitened circumstances, a few systematists have been able to continue to work, albeit at a snail's pace, on the taxonomy of their favorite organisms.
Academic text (1996) -
Morphological characteristics, which rely on observable form and structure, have served systematists as the primary basis for classifying agriculturally important organisms for more than 200 years.
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"Mites have many setae, sensory organs, mouthparts, and other body parts that are so complex that systematists have difficulty comparing or contrasting those of closely related species," says Ochoa.
Academic text (2000) -
The role of a systematist is crucial in developing a comprehensive classification system for newly discovered organisms.
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Systematist comes from system ('organized whole') plus the ending -ist ('person who does something'), so it literally means 'a person of systems'. In biology, a systematist is a scientist who sorts living things into an order or classification to show how species are related.