Taxonomic Group (Noun)
Meaning
Animal or plant group having natural relations.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- Biologists recognize many taxonomic groups, such as mammals, birds, and insects, based on the evolutionary history and genetic similarities among their members.
- A family is a taxonomic group consisting of several genera, while a genus consists of one or more species that are more closely related to each other.
- Some biologists classify dogs as a taxonomic group of Canis lupus, which includes wolves and domestic dogs.
- Each taxonomic group has its own characteristics and evolutionary history that set it apart from other taxonomic groups.
- In botany, the taxonomic group of flowering plants is the most diverse and contains over 400,000 species.