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| Binomial nomenclature | a system in whcih each species of animal or plant receives a name of the two terms of which the first identifies the genus to which it belongs and the second, the species itself. |
| Taxonomy | study of general principles of scientific classification. |
| Taxon | the name applied to a taxonomic group in a formal system of nomenclautre. |
| Species | a classification of related organisms that can freely interbreed. |
| Genus | a category incluiding closely related species. Interbreeding between organisms within the same category occur. |
| Family | a group of related plants and animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usu. Comprising several to many genera. |
| Order | a category of taxonomic classification ranking above the family and belwo the class. |
| Class | group of closely related orders. |
