Definition of taxonomies Taxonomies

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What does taxonomies mean?

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Noun Plural: taxonomies
taxonomy - (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
		systematics the science of systematic classification
		biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms
taxonomy - practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
		assortment, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, categorisation, categorization, classification a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
taxonomy - a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
		hierarchy the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

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taxonomy (Noun)
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
taxonomy (Noun)
A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
taxonomy (Noun)
The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

taxonomy (n.)
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

taxonomy
The branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structures, origin, etc.
taxonomy
A hierarchical organization of a subject area, from one perspective in one language.

Taxonomy is a science. It is about the classification of all things living. Although it is most commonly used in biology, it can be used in other types of classification too. Taxonomy is used with different ranks, the lowest is a species. There can also be sub-species. An organism is a species if two organisms of the same kind can mate. This name is the scientific classification of that species. The name is the same all over the world, so that when scientists from different places talk or write about the living thing, they can understand each other.

When someone writes about this animal, the first time they write its name they will write "Felis silvestris catus". After the first time they write its name, they will only write the first letter of the Genus, so they will write "F. silvestris catus". This is known as binomial nomenclature, because it is a way to describe organisms using two names, the common name, and the scientific name.

Kingdom --> Phylum --> Class --> Order --> Family --> Genus --> Species

A mnemonic, or a saying to help a person remember something, for that is "King Phillip Came Over From Geneva Switzerland".