taxonomist

American  

[taks-ah-nuhm-ist] / tæksˈɑ nəm ɪst /

noun

plural

taxonomists

1. an expert or practitioner in taxonomy, especially in biology.

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Other Word Forms

• non-taxonomist noun

Example Sentences

“We cannot prioritize stability over social justice,” counters Marcos Raposo, an ornithologist and taxonomist at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, author of another editorial.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 5, 2023

Jackson Means, a millipede taxonomist at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, told Undark he had only seen similar conditions in an alcohol collection that had been left unattended in a warehouse for 22 years.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023

Of that creature, a British taxonomist named Oldfield Thomas wrote in 1888 that “no zoologist has dared to describe it.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Ricardo Viñas, who in November was laid off from his Seattle-based job as an information taxonomist for Meta, also wants less of that uncertainty.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Mendel, as we shall see, was an instinctual gardener—a breeder of plants, a counter of seeds, an isolator of traits; Darwin was a garden digger—a classifier of plants, an organizer of specimens, a taxonomist.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee