taxonomy
/tækˈsɒnəmi/ (bre, ipa) · [tˌæksˈɔnəmˌi] /tækˈsɑːnəmi/ (ame, ipa) · [tˌæksˈɔnəmˌi] /tak-ˈsä-nə-mē How to pronounce taxonomy (audio)/ (ame, mw)
taxonomy — noun
- taxonomysingular
- taxonomiesplural
1. a system for putting living things into named groups based on the features they
a system for putting living things into named groups based on the features they share
Stefan used a taxonomy to sort the museum's collection of beetles.
The library's online taxonomy groups books first by subject, then by author.
subject is a system or framework, not a person
Paloma learned that whales belong to the same taxonomy as dolphins.
A clear taxonomy helps customers find the right spare part quickly.
Niran explained that modern taxonomy places bats closer to primates than to mice.
- classification
broader term; taxonomy usually implies a hierarchical structure
- categorization
less formal; used for everyday grouping, not scientific
- nomenclature
focuses specifically on the naming part, not the grouping
文法句型
a taxonomy of + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2: this sense refers to the system or framework itself, not the study or practice of creating it.
2. the scientific study of how plants and animals are grouped and ordered based on
the scientific study of how plants and animals are grouped and ordered based on how closely they are related to one another
Haruto spent years studying the taxonomy of flowering plants in Okinawa.
Omar spent the summer updating the museum's taxonomy records for Southeast Asian mushrooms.
collocation: taxonomy records
Ava's research in taxonomy led her to discover three new species of frog.
Before DNA testing, taxonomy relied mostly on the shape of bones and leaves.
Aarav found the taxonomy course harder than he had expected at university.
- systematics
used mainly in biology; sometimes treated as a narrower subfield focusing on evolutionary relationships
- cladistics
a specific method within taxonomy based on shared ancestry
文法句型
the taxonomy of + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense refers to the scientific discipline, not the classification system it produces.