taxonomy: Meaning and Definition of

tax•on•o•my

Pronunciation: (tak-son'u-mē), [key]
— n.
  1. the science or technique of classification.
  2. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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