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TAXONOMIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to taxonomy
Example:
a taxonomic designation
Synonyms:
systematic; taxonomic; taxonomical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Pertainym:
taxonomy (practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships)
Derivation:
taxonomy (practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships)
taxonomy ((biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification)
taxonomy (a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc)
Context examples:
A taxonomic family of Gram positive, aerobic bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genera Nocardia, Rhodococcus and Smaragdicoccus, among others.
(Nocardiaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic category above superfamily and below infraorder.
(Parvorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic family of Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Actinobacillus, Haemophilus, Mannheimia and Pasteurella, among others.
(Pasteurellaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Firmicutes that includes the genera Dehalobacter, Peptococcus and Thermincola, among others.
(Peptococcaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic family of Gram positive bacterium in the phylum Firmicutes that includes the genera Filifacter and Peptostreptococcus, among others.
(Peptostreptococcaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-taxonomic grouping of organisms based on a shared characteristic.
(Other Organism Groupings, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic family of Gram positive bacterium in the phylum Firmicutes that includes the genera Brevibacillus and Paenibacillus, among others.
(Paenibacillaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Bordetella, Oligella and Sutterella.
(Alcaligenaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-taxonomic grouping of viruses based on a shared characteristic.
(Other Virus Grouping, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genus Mycobacterium, among others.
(Mycobacteriaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
