taxonomist 1
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
Hypernym
biologist 1
noun
(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
EnglishDerivationally related form
taxonomy 3
noun
practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
taxonomy 2
noun
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
taxonomy 1
noun
a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Hyponym
lumper 2
noun
a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
splitter 2
noun
a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
