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taxonomy

noun

practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
T
Ends with
Y
Contains
AX
Scrabble score
20
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

tækˈsɒnəmi

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

noun

  1. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification

noun

  1. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

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