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ethnotaxonomy

ethnotaxonomy noun: the naming system for plants and animals used by a particular ethnic group.

Noun

ethnotaxonomy (uncountable)

  1. The naming system for plants and animals used by a particular ethnic group
  2. The study of such naming systems

Synonyms of ethnotaxonomy

Origin of ethnotaxonomy

From ethno- + taxonomy.

Words formed from ethnotaxonomy

Questions about ethnotaxonomy

What does ethnotaxonomy mean?
Ethnotaxonomy means the naming system for plants and animals used by a particular ethnic group.
What part of speech is ethnotaxonomy?
Ethnotaxonomy is a noun.

Words near ethnotaxonomy in the dictionary

  1. ethnosupremacist
  2. ethnosymbolic
  3. ethnosymbolism
  4. ethnotaxonomic
  5. ethnotaxonomical
  6. ethnotaxonomy
  7. ethnoterritorial
  8. ethnoterritorially
  9. ethnoterritories
  10. ethnoterritory
  11. ethnotheories

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