n.
Pronunciation: tak- ' sä-n ə -m ē
Function: noun
Etymology: French taxonomie, from tax- + -nomie -nomy
Date: circa 1828
1 : the study of the general principles of scientific classification : SYSTEMATICS
2 : CLASSIFICATION especially : orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
– tax · o · nom · ic \ ˌ tak-s ə - ' nä-mik \ also tax · o · nom · i · cal \ -mi-k ə l \ adjective
– tax · o · nom · i · cal · ly \ -mi-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb
– tax · on · o · mist \ tak- ' sä-n ə -mist \ noun