biosystematics

1. 1.

   use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework

   Synonymsbiosystematy

   Broadersystematics

Other forms of biosystematics

plural

biosystematicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about biosystematics

What does biosystematics mean?

biosystematics means "use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework".

How many syllables are in biosystematics?

biosystematics has 6 syllables: bi-o-sy-ste-ma-tics. The stress falls on "ste".

What is another word for biosystematics?

Close synonyms include biosystematy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biosystematics a common word?

biosystematics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.