noun
- a scientist who specializes in taxonomy, the classification and naming of living organisms
Usage: scientific
Examples
- The taxonomist discovered three new species of beetles in the rainforest.
- Marine taxonomists work to classify newly found deep-sea creatures.
- She became a plant taxonomist after studying botany in college.
- The museum hired a taxonomist to organize their insect collection.
- Taxonomists use DNA analysis to determine relationships between species.
- The taxonomist published a paper describing the new genus of fungi.