Dichotomous key

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA written tool for identification of plants and animals. It is written as a sequence of paired questions, the choice of which determines the next pair of questions until a name or identification is reached.

Synonyms

identifier dichotomy binomialism binomenclature diagnosis business key barcoding biotomy dikaryotisation dendrogram biocode holotype

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