taxonomist

Definitions

Someone whose profession is taxonomy, or who performs taxonomy at a professional level.

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Examples

“Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast⟳ by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.”

“Ant taxonomists have⟳ decided that anything that's worth separating should be separated at the species level, and have⟳ no truck with subspecies at all. Butterfly taxonomists, however, like⟳ the triple-barrelled name⟳ approach⟳ and dote on subspecies. As a result⟳, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable.”

““People have⟳ biases towards species that are glamorous,” said Dr. Ernie Small, author of the study⟳ and taxonomist for Agriculture Canada.”

“Dr. Michela Mitchell, a taxonomist at the Queensland Museum Network, said in a statement released by Ocean Census it could be a type⟳ of deep-sea coral called octocoral.”

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