"taxonomist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: taxonomists [plural]
Etymology: From taxonomy + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|taxonomy|-ist}} taxonomy + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} taxonomist (plural taxonomists)
  1. (taxonomy) Someone whose profession is taxonomy, or who performs taxonomy at a professional level. Categories (topical): Taxonomy Derived forms: chemotaxonomist, cytotaxonomist, evolutionary taxonomist, numerical taxonomist Translations (taxon maker): مُصَنِّف (muṣannif) [masculine] (Arabic), կարգաբան (kargaban) (Armenian), таксономист (taksonomist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), таксоном (taksonom) [masculine] (Bulgarian), taxonomista [masculine] (Catalan), 分類學家 /分类学家 (Chinese Mandarin), taxonomista [masculine] (Czech), taksonomi (Finnish), taxonomiste [masculine] (French), taxonomista [masculine] (Galician), Taxonom [masculine] (German), taxonómus (Hungarian), таксономист (taksonomist) [masculine] (Macedonian), taksonomista [masculine] (Polish), taxonomista [masculine] (Portuguese), taxonomist [masculine] (Romanian), таксономи́ст (taksonomíst) [masculine] (Russian), таксономист [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), таксоном [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), taksonomist [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), taksonom [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), taksonom [masculine] (Slovene), taxonomista [masculine] (Spanish), taxonom [common-gender] (Swedish), nhà phân loại học (Vietnamese)

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