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əmi/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[tak-son-uh-mee] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.the science or technique of classification.
2.Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.
lex‧i‧con /ˈlɛksɪˌkɒn, -kən/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[lek-si-kon, -kuhn] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural lex‧i‧ca /ˈlɛksɪkə/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[lek-si-kuh] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation, lex‧i‧cons.
1.a wordbook or dictionary, esp. of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
2.the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.
3.inventory or record: unparalleled in the lexicon of human relations.
4.Linguistics.
a.the total inventory of morphemes in a given language.
b.the inventory of base morphemes plus their combinations with derivational morphemes.
