Definition of Taxonomist

1. Noun. A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior.

Exact synonyms: Systematist, Taxonomer
Generic synonyms: Biologist, Life Scientist
Specialized synonyms: Lumper, Divider, Splitter
Derivative terms: Systematics, Systematism, Taxonomy, Taxonomy, Taxonomy

Definition of Taxonomist

1. n. One skilled in taxonomy.

Definition of Taxonomist

1. Noun. (taxonomy) Someone whose profession is taxonomy, or who performs taxonomy at a professional level. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taxonomist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxonomist

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taxol
taxology
taxols
taxon
taxonomer
taxonomic
taxonomic category
taxonomic group
taxonomic inflation
taxonomic system
taxonomical
taxonomically
taxonomies
taxonomise
taxonomist (current term)
taxonomists
taxonomize
taxonomized
taxonomizer
taxonomizers
taxonomizes
taxonomizing
taxonomy
taxons
taxor
taxors
taxpaid
taxpayer
taxpayers

Literary usage of Taxonomist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1914)
"The taxonomist maintains that it is his business to make species, and that any sheet ... In many cases, on the other hand, the taxonomist knows only the one ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The taxonomist has worked out a very careful scheme of recording his observations; ... It seems to me that if the taxonomist is expected to make use of ..."

3. A Text-book of Grasses with Especial Reference to the Economic Species of by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1914)
"The truth for which the taxonomist seeks is a knowledge of genetic relationships; the grouping of organisms into species, genera and other divisions is a ..."

4. Exposition and Illustration in Teaching by John Adams (1910)
"For example, there is a troublesome little Australian mammal, called the ornithorhynchus anatinus, that is the despair of the taxonomist. ..."

5. Manual of the Geology of Connecticut by William North Rice, Herbert Ernest Gregory (1908)
"To the student of botany, however, and especially to the morphologist and taxonomist, they are of exceptional interest. The morphologist finds among them ..."

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