Taxonomy
[tak-SAH-nə-mee]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, early 19th century
1.
The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.
2.
The classification of something, especially organisms.
Examples of Taxonomy in a sentence
"Animal taxonomy moves from general to specific characteristics."
"In order to pass her botany examination, Kelly needed familiarity with plant taxonomy."
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