taxonomicallyadv.
/ˌtaksəˈnɒmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌtæksəˈnɑmək(ə)li/ Chiefly Biology.
With regard to taxonomy. Also in extended use.
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taxonomically1869
1869 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 198 Groups, to be taxonomically equivalent, should be separated from each other by characters of equal or corresponding value.
1899 Nature 14 Sept. 460/1 To successfully handle taxonomically groups so dissimilarly ordained as the Bony Fishes and Echinoderms.
1935 P. S. Welch Limnol. xiv. 346 The high biotic potential of a pond fauna is probably the most prominent single characteristic of that taxonomically diverse population.
1968 J. McPhee Pine Barrens 124 Taxonomically, the open-cone race and the closed-cone race are not distinguished.
2007 N.Y. Times Style Mag. 21 Oct. 96/2 Paradis and Purple Fashion..are perhaps taxonomically related to the men's-magazine genre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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