TAXONOMIST
Dictionary entry overview: What does taxonomist mean? • TAXONOMIST (noun)
The noun TAXONOMIST has 1 sense:
1. a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
Familiarity information: TAXONOMIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TAXONOMIST (noun)
Meaning:
A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
systematist; taxonomer; taxonomist
Hypernyms ("taxonomist" is a kind of...):
biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taxonomist"):
lumper (a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics)
divider; splitter (a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics)
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