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scientific taxonomy

scientific taxonomy noun: the application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.

Noun

scientific taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural scientific taxonomies)

  1. The application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.
    • Folk-taxonomies often are at variance with scientific taxonomies, even in cultures that have cultivated the scientific analysis of plants, animals, colors, and other taxonomized phenomena.2003, Earl R. Anderson, Folk-taxonomies in Early English, page 24

Forms of scientific taxonomy

pluralscientific taxonomies

Questions about scientific taxonomy

What does scientific taxonomy mean?
Scientific taxonomy means the application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.
What part of speech is scientific taxonomy?
Scientific taxonomy is a noun.
What is the plural of scientific taxonomy?
The plural of scientific taxonomy is scientific taxonomies.

Words near scientific taxonomy in the dictionary

  1. scientific romances
  2. scientific socialism
  3. scientific socialist
  4. scientific socialists
  5. scientific taxonomies
  6. scientific taxonomy
  7. scientifical
  8. scientificality
  9. scientifically
  10. scientificalness
  11. scientification

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