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taxonomic

taxonomic

6 7.5
Relating to the way scientists group and name living things
  • adjective
  • /tækˈsɒnəmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : taxonómico
  • Biologists often rely on taxonomic classifications to identify and differentiate between various species of plants and animals.
  • taxonomic groups
  • taxonomic identification
  • taxonomic expertise

Examples

  • In many cases, collections are arranged in a taxonomic order to facilitate comparison of material for systematic research.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We tabulated predation events by year since burn, predator species, taxonomic group, and habitat association.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Maintenance of the list will require continued support for and recognition of the network of taxonomic specialists who created it.

    Academic text (2012)
  • However, monitoring systems and training in taxonomic and diagnostic tools are apparently inadequate in many countries.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Moreover, they report as many as 170 taxonomic entities yet to be identified or described.

    Blog text (22)
  • All these levels of importance are relevant to analyses of taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The following taxonomic scheme is a useful tool with which to order this tangle of judicial rhetoric.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Although he briefly discussed the kingdom Monera, Keeton stuck closely to the traditional taxonomic system of plants and animals.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Sampling effects may also limit the power to discern coherent responses from individual taxa or taxonomic groups.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In the forests, convergent evolution and taxonomic similarity produced a wealth of candidates for substitution.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

systematic
vstaxonomic
  • Specialized
11 6.5

Relating to the naming and grouping of living things

is about classification in an ordered system beyond only biological study
taxonomical
vstaxonomic
  • Specialized
1 8.2

About how people group plants, animals, or other things

is the general term for relating to classification in an ordered system
typological
vstaxonomic
  • Specialized
1 8.0

Relating to grouping things into types by shared features

organizes things in a ranked ordered system often used for organism classification
biosystematic
vstaxonomic
  • Specialized
9.9

The study and classification of living things using information about their genes or environment

applies to classification without requiring integrated biological data or methods
classificational
vstaxonomic
7.4

To put things into groups by type

often focuses on ordering organisms within a specific system rather than any field

Compounds

taxonomic group
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A set of living things that are put together because they are related, for example lions and tigers

taxonomic category
  • Specialized
6.8

A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related

Surface Forms

taxonomic positive

Morphology

taxonomic = taxonomy (transparent) = taxonomy + ic

The adjective is clearly derived from the noun 'taxonomy' with the productive suffix '-ic', so its meaning 'relating to classification' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Taxonomic comes from Greek roots taxis 'arrangement' and nomos 'rule', the same '-nomy' you see in astronomy and economy. So, something taxonomic is about putting things into an ordered system or groups.