BIOSYSTEMATICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biosystematics mean? 

• BIOSYSTEMATICS (noun)
  The noun BIOSYSTEMATICS has 1 sense:

1. use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework

  Familiarity information: BIOSYSTEMATICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOSYSTEMATICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

biosystematics; biosystematy

Hypernyms ("biosystematics" is a kind of...):

systematics (the science of systematic classification)

Derivation:

biosystematic (of or relating to biosystematics)