Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scientific taxonomy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: sci-en-tific -tax-on-o-my
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Folk-taxonomies often are at variance with scientific taxonomies, even in cultures that have cultivated the scientific analysis of plants, animals, colors, and other taxonomized phenomena."

Usage

Inflected Forms

scientific taxonomies (plural)

Questions

What does scientific taxonomy mean?: The application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.

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