taxonomist
noun
an expert or practitioner in taxonomy, especially in biology.
taxonomists
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pluralof taxonomist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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North Carolina State University researcher Michelle Kirchner not only found these ants in the Triangle region of North Carolina, she is the first to document an entire colony for scientists, taxonomists and ant-thusiasts everywhere.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023
Biologists must sometimes evaluate dried specimens for features they can’t see on images, for instance, and taxonomists work closely with molecular biologists to identify plants and their evolutionary relationships based on DNA samples.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 10, 2023
"This gap is much more difficult to fill short-term, as we're not able to train taxonomists with the speed we need, for groups in which we don't have specialists in Brazil," he explained.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2023
“Scientists, who have more specimens than taxonomists can measure or observe,” they write, can use crowdsourced measurements to “accelerate” scientific discovery — even as they provide fun fodder for museumgoers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2022
Maybe we had better get together with taxonomists and botanists.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
