TAXONOMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taxonomic mean? 

• TAXONOMIC (adjective)
  The adjective TAXONOMIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to taxonomy

  Familiarity information: TAXONOMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAXONOMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to taxonomy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

systematic; taxonomic; taxonomical

Context example:

a taxonomic designation

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Pertainym:

taxonomy (practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships)

Derivation:

taxonomy (practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships)

taxonomy ((biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification)

taxonomy (a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc)

 Context examples 

A non-taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to the Mycobacterium genus, which includes the related species M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis, and M. microti.

(Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Arcobacter and Campylobacter, among others.

(Campylobacteraceae, NCI Thesaurus)

A non taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to and including at least four related species from the Nocardia genus.

(Nocardia asteroides Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A taxonomic family of Gram positive bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genus Brevibacterium.

(Brevibacteriaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

A taxonomic family of pathogenic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genus Bartonella.

(Bartonellaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

Taxonomic family which includes the Ferret.

(Mustelidae, NCI Thesaurus)

A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genera Bifidobacterium, Gardnerella and Falcivibrio.

(Bifidobacteriaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

A non taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to and including at least nine related species from the Burkholderia genus.

(Burkholderia cepacia Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A non taxonomic grouping of beta hemolytic species within the Streptococcus genus that are assigned to the F group.

(Beta Streptococcus Group F, NCI Thesaurus)

A taxonomic category between Class and Family.

(Order, NCI Thesaurus)