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Synonyms for taxonomy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tak-son-uh-mee |
| Phonetic Transcription : tækˈsɒn ə mi |
Top 10 synonyms for taxonomy
- alloting
- apportionment
- assignment
- assortment
- cataloguing
- categorizing
- classification
- codification
- collocation
- consignment
- cytology
- dendrology
- denomination
- department
- disposal
- disposition
- distributing
- division
- echelon
- ecology
- floristics
- genetics
- glossary
- gradation
- grading
- graduation
- group
- grouping
- horticulture
- kind
- locution
- morphology
- natural history
- order
- ordering
- ordination
- organization
- paleo-botany
- pathology
- phraseology
- physiology
- phytogeography
- phytology
- pigeonholing
- pomology
- sizing
- sorting
- study of flora
- study of vegetation
- systematization
- tabulating
- taxology
- taxonomy
- terminology
- typecasting
Définition of taxonomy
Origin :- 1828, from French taxonomie (1813), introduced by Linnæus and coined irregularly from Greek taxis "arrangement" (see taxidermy) + -nomia "method," from -nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatics).
- As in nomenclature : noun vocabulary
- As in botany : noun study of plants
- As in scientific classification : noun scheme for ordering things
- As in classification : noun categorization
- "Taxonomy" does not appear to me so dreadful a word as it does to Veblen.
- Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
- Taxonomy of the chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus.
- Extract from : « Check-list of the Birds of Kansas » by Harrison B Tordoff
- Geographic distribution and taxonomy of the chipmunks of Wyoming.
- Extract from : « Check-list of the Birds of Kansas » by Harrison B Tordoff
- Taxonomy, the part of botany which treats of classification.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
- Probably few of our readers have considered the taxonomy of riddles.
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Filipino Riddles » by Various
- Taxonomy and distribution of the horned lizards genus Phrynosoma.
- Extract from : « The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico » by William E. Duellman
- References to works dealing with the taxonomy and geographical distribution of scorpions are given at the end of this article .
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
- The features of external morphology that were studied in connection with the taxonomy of the genus Smilisca are discussed below.
- Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
- Distribution and taxonomy of fishes in the Mackenzie drainage of British Columbia.
- Extract from : « Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis » by Leonard J. Olund
- A review of the taxonomy of these populations is beyond the scope of this paper.
- Extract from : « The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America » by Juan R. Len
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