alpha taxonomy

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Noun

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alpha taxonomy (uncountable)

  1. The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming living things.
    Coordinate terms: beta taxonomy, gamma taxonomy

Usage notes

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  • A retronym, this is used in those cases where the word taxonomy may be ambiguous, as follows:
    • where the word taxonomy is (also) used in the (broader) sense of a classification in a hierarchical system; the synonym biotaxonomy is also occasionally used, for the same reason.
    • where the word systematics is used in the sense of cladistically evaluating DNA data only.