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pseudotaxonomic

pseudotaxonomic adjective: falsely or artificially taxonomic.

Adjective

pseudotaxonomic (comparative more pseudotaxonomic, superlative most pseudotaxonomic)

  1. (uncommon) Falsely or artificially taxonomic.
    • However, prey are usually assigned to broad taxonomic or pseudotaxonomic categories, which may not allow the subtleties of predator impacts to be interpreted.1991, Peter F. Sale (editor), The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs, page 159
    • Similarly, Crisp & Weston (1993) found patterns of paedomorphosis in Telopea speciosissima to produce artifactual, 'pseudotaxonomic' patterns.1994, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney (contributor), Telopea, volume 6, numbers 1-3, page 97

Forms of pseudotaxonomic

comparativemore pseudotaxonomic
superlativemost pseudotaxonomic

Origin of pseudotaxonomic

From pseudo- + taxonomic or pseudotaxonomy + -ic.

Questions about pseudotaxonomic

What does pseudotaxonomic mean?
Pseudotaxonomic means falsely or artificially taxonomic.
What part of speech is pseudotaxonomic?
Pseudotaxonomic is an adjective.

Words near pseudotaxonomic in the dictionary

  1. pseudotails
  2. pseudotannin
  3. pseudotannins
  4. pseudotaraxasterol
  5. pseudotaxodont
  6. pseudotaxonomic
  7. pseudotaxonomy
  8. pseudotechnical
  9. pseudoteeth
  10. pseudoteguminal
  11. pseudotemperate

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