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taxonomic inflation

taxonomic inflation noun: an increase in the number of species that is not caused by new discoveries, but by changes in the classification of existing organisms.

Noun

taxonomic inflation (uncountable)

  1. An increase in the number of species that is not caused by new discoveries, but by changes in the classification of existing organisms.

Questions about taxonomic inflation

What does taxonomic inflation mean?
Taxonomic inflation means an increase in the number of species that is not caused by new discoveries, but by changes in the classification of existing organisms.
What part of speech is taxonomic inflation?
Taxonomic inflation is a noun.

Words near taxonomic inflation in the dictionary

  1. taxonomers
  2. taxonometric
  3. taxonometrics
  4. taxonometry
  5. taxonomic
  6. taxonomic inflation
  7. taxonomic name
  8. taxonomic names
  9. taxonomic synonym
  10. taxonomic synonyms
  11. taxonomic system

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