taxonomic
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- adjective
- /tækˈsɒnəmɪk/
- Specialized
- Biologists often rely on taxonomic classifications to identify and differentiate between various species of plants and animals.
- taxonomic groups
- taxonomic identification
- taxonomic expertise
Examples
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In many cases, collections are arranged in a taxonomic order to facilitate comparison of material for systematic research.
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We tabulated predation events by year since burn, predator species, taxonomic group, and habitat association.
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Maintenance of the list will require continued support for and recognition of the network of taxonomic specialists who created it.
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However, monitoring systems and training in taxonomic and diagnostic tools are apparently inadequate in many countries.
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Moreover, they report as many as 170 taxonomic entities yet to be identified or described.
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All these levels of importance are relevant to analyses of taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.
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The following taxonomic scheme is a useful tool with which to order this tangle of judicial rhetoric.
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Although he briefly discussed the kingdom Monera, Keeton stuck closely to the traditional taxonomic system of plants and animals.
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Sampling effects may also limit the power to discern coherent responses from individual taxa or taxonomic groups.
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In the forests, convergent evolution and taxonomic similarity produced a wealth of candidates for substitution.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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Relating to the naming and grouping of living things
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Relating to grouping things into types by shared features
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About how people group plants, animals, or other things
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To put things into groups by type
The study and classification of living things using information about their genes or environment
Compounds
- Specialized
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A set of living things that are put together because they are related, for example lions and tigers
- Specialized
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A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.