taxonomy

English Thesaurus

1. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships (noun.act)

hypernym	:	assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization,
definition	:	the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)

2. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	systematics,
definition	:	the science of systematic classification (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	cladistic analysis, cladistics,
definition	:	a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	biological science, biology,
definition	:	the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)

3. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc (noun.group)

hypernym	:	hierarchy,
definition	:	a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system (noun.group)

4. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships (noun.act)

derivation	:	systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist,
definition	:	a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	systematic, taxonomic, taxonomical,
definition	:	of or relating to taxonomy (adj.pert)

5. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist,
definition	:	a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	systematic, taxonomic, taxonomical,
definition	:	of or relating to taxonomy (adj.pert)

6. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc (noun.group)

derivation	:	systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist,
definition	:	a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	systematic, taxonomic, taxonomical,
definition	:	of or relating to taxonomy (adj.pert)

7. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships (noun.act)

derivation	:	systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist,
definition	:	a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	systematic, taxonomic, taxonomical,
definition	:	of or relating to taxonomy (adj.pert)

8. (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist,
definition	:	a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	systematic, taxonomic, taxonomical,
definition	:	of or relating to taxonomy (adj.pert)

9. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc (noun.group)

derivation	:	systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist,
definition	:	a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	systematic, taxonomic, taxonomical,
definition	:	of or relating to taxonomy (adj.pert)