TAXONOMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taxonomer mean? 

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

1. a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAXONOMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

systematist; taxonomer; taxonomist

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

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taxonomer"):

lumper (a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics)

divider; splitter (a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics)