| 单词 | taxonomist |
| 释义 | taxonomist (once / 231752 pages) n A taxonomist is a biologist that groups organisms into categories. A plant taxonomist for example, might study the origins and relationships between different types of roses while an insect taxonomist might focus on the relationships between different types of beetles. A taxonomist is not to be confused with a taxidermist, a person who specializes in the stuffing and mounting of dead animals. It's true, both words share their origins in the Greek taxis meaning "arrangement." But in the case of a taxonomist, it's not dead animals that are being arranged, its hierarchies of species. WORD FAMILYtaxonomist: taxonomists+/taxonomic: taxonomically/taxonomy: taxonomic, taxonomical, taxonomist USAGE EXAMPLESThe health department has five mosquito trappers and five taxonomists who sort through the catch every day. New York Times(Aug 21, 2016) He admits that his catalog may not have been as meticulously put together as those constructed by taxonomists who organize organisms for a living. New York Times(Jul 13, 2016) Just when naturalist–taxonomists are needed most to expose the evidence, their position has become weak. Nature(May 07, 2016) n a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior Syn|Hypo|Hyper systematist, taxonomer lumper a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics divider, splittera taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics biologist, life scientist (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms |
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