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(noun) practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships |
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Related Words: categorisation, categorization, classification |
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| 2. |
(noun) (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification |
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Related Words: cladistics, systematics |
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(noun) a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc |
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Related Words: hierarchy |
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