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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: taxonomie, from Greek taxis 'arrangement' + French -nomie (from Latin -nomia, from Greek, from nemein 'to share out')

taxonomy

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology
tax‧on‧o‧my plural taxonomies [uncountable and countable]
HB the process or a system of organizing things into different groups that show their natural relationships, especially plants or animals
—taxonomist noun [countable]
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