Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The classification, arrangement, or coördination of living organisms, according to the sum of their morphological characters; a biological system; taxonomy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, dated The
classification of livingorganisms according to theirstructural character;taxonomy .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek life + arrangement.
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