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Taxonomy

//tækˈsɒn.ə.mi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The science, technique, or process used to make a classification. countable, uncountable

    "Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)"

  2. 2
    practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships wordnet
  3. 3
    A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system. countable, uncountable

    "Very little exists in the annals of the interwebs about Tostitos Hint of Lime. Many nights I’ve sucked down crusty mossed fingertips and typed away in a green-out (like a blackout, but from eating too much Tostitos Hint of Lime), searching for a like-minded fanclub, historical taxonomy, or even a press release."

  4. 4
    (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification wordnet
  5. 5
    The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. uncountable
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  1. 6
    a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- + -nomy.

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