tax‧on‧o‧my /tækˈsɒnəmi $ -ˈsɑː-/ noun (plural taxonomies) [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: taxonomie, from Greek taxis 'arrangement' + French -nomie (from Latin -nomia, from Greek, from nemein 'to share out')]
the process or a system of organizing things into different groups that show their natural relationships, especially plants or animals
—taxonomist noun [countable]

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