taxonomist

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taxonomist

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From taxonomy + -ist.

noun taxonomists

  1. Someone whose profession is taxonomy, or who performs taxonomy at a professional level. Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

    Similar: taxologist, taxologer, taxonomer

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noun taxon maker

Españoltaxonomista
中文分類學家 /分类学家
Portuguêstaxonomista
Françaistaxonomiste
DeutschTaxonom
Românătaxonomist
Русскийтаксономи́ст taksonomíst
Tiếng Việtnhà phân loại học
العربيةمُصَنِّف muṣannif

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@misc{taxonomist_2026,
  title = {taxonomist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taxonomist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}