taxonomist

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Definition of taxonomist in English English dictionary

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

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.

One skilled in taxonomy

{i} expert in taxonomy, expert on the classification of organisms (Biology)

a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior

Hyphenation

tax·on·o·mist