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taxonomically

taxonomically

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In a way that shows how scientists group living things
  • adverb
  • /tækˈsɒnəˌmɪkli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : taxonómicamente
  • Geographically meaningful propositions about these living but lowly components of the cultural landscape emerge when they are taxonomically distinguished at a species level and understood as organisms requiring a sunny, open habitat.
  • taxonomically diverse
  • taxonomically disparate species

Examples

  • One of INBio's most important projects toward fulfilling this objective is to conduct a National Biodiversity Inventory (NBI). The NBI is a ten-year project to develop a "taxonomically organized database of the species that occur in the country, and to identify one or more localities where each occurs."

    Academic text (1997)

  • The remaining 75% taxonomically affiliate with other bacterial groups in phylogenetic trees.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The next section is devoted to the description of vertebrae in each specimen with reference to the taxonomically significant characters in view of their age and sex.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The taxonomically widespread evolution of vagile vegetative propagules in aquatic plants is due to several factors.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Like the gut microbiota of workers, that of queens is taxonomically simple and represented by only 7-12 conspicuous OTUs dependent on niche.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Could these two taxonomically disparate species—one an invertebrate, the other a vertebrate—be competing for the same food?

    Academic text (1992)

  • Armed with field guides, I set about learning how to put mushrooms in their places, taxonomically speaking.

  • Taxonomically, the pantherine felids had a better survival record than the hominins.

  • Taxonomically, robber flies belong to the family Asilidae, in the order Diptera.

Surface Forms

taxonomically positive

Morphology

taxonomically = taxonomic (transparent) = taxonomy + ic + ally

A standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'taxonomic' using the productive English adverbial suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

The word taxonomically comes from taxonomy, which comes from Greek words taxis 'arrangement' and nomos 'rule' and the same -nomy you see in astronomy. So, taxonomically means 'in terms of classification or arrangement', which is why we use it when talking about how organisms are grouped.