taxonomic
/ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/
taxonomic adjective: of or relating to taxonomy.
Adjective
taxonomic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to taxonomy.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what...1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
Origin of taxonomic
From taxonomy + -ic, after French taxonomique.
Words formed from taxonomic
- ataxonomic
- biotaxonomic
- chemotaxonomic
- cybertaxonomic
- cytotaxonomic
- ethnotaxonomic
- hypothetical taxonomic unit
- ichnotaxonomic
- macrotaxonomic
- metataxonomic
- microtaxonomic
- morphotaxonomic
- multitaxonomic
- nontaxonomic
- ootaxonomic
- operational taxonomic unit
- parataxonomic
- phytotaxonomic
- pseudotaxonomic
- syntaxonomic
- taxonomical
- taxonomically
- taxonomic inflation
- taxonomic name
- taxonomic synonym
- taxonomic system
- zootaxonomic
Phrases with taxonomic
Questions about taxonomic
- What does taxonomic mean?
- Taxonomic means of or relating to taxonomy.
- What part of speech is taxonomic?
- Taxonomic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce taxonomic?
- Taxonomic is pronounced /ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪk/.
Words near taxonomic in the dictionary
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