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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tax•on•o•my /tækˈsɑnəmi/USA pronunciation n. - Biologythe science of naming things and classifying them in different groups: [uncountable]language taxonomy.[countable]taxonomies for certain microscopic organisms.
tax•o•nom•ic /ˌtæksəˈnɑmɪk/USA pronunciation tax•o•nom•i•cal, adj. See -nom-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tax•on•o•my (tak son′ə mē),USA pronunciation n. - Biologythe science or technique of classification.
- Biologythe science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.
- 1805–15; French taxonomie. See taxo-, -nomy
tax•o•nom•ic (tak′sə nom′ik),USA pronunciation tax′o•nom′i•cal, adj. tax′o•nom′i•cal•ly, adv. tax•on′o•mist, tax•on′o•mer, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: taxonomy /tækˈsɒnəmɪ/ n - the branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure, origin, etc
- the science or practice of classification
Etymology: 19th Century: from French taxonomie, from Greek taxis order + -nomytaxonomic /ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/, ˌtaxoˈnomical adj ˌtaxoˈnomically adv taxˈonomist, taxˈonomer n |