taxonomy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: taxonomy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for taxonomy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taxonomy n a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taxonomy \Taxon"omy\ (-m[ycr]), n. [Gr. ta`xis an arrangement, order + no`mos a law.] That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.