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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| taxonomic | /x/x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| genus | /x  | Noun  | 
| species | /x  | Noun  | 
| phylogeny | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| subgenus | //x  | Noun  | 
| phylogenetic | x/x/x  | Adjective  | 
| synonymy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| phylum | /x  | Noun  | 
| monophyletic | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| clade | /  | Noun  | 
| arthropod | /xx  | Noun  | 
| population | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| description | x/x  | Noun  | 
| diagnosis | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| kingdom | /x  | Noun  | 
| speciation | /x/x  | Noun  | 
| domain | x/  | Noun  | 
| systematics | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| dichotomy | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| community | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| regnum | /x  | Noun  | 
| differentiation | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| organism | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| taxis | /x  | Noun  | 
| biology | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| affinity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| evolution | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| ontology | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| psychopathy | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| nominate | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| undescribed | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| schizoid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| specimen | /xx  | Noun  | 
| hominid | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| rank | /  | Noun  | 
| extinct | x/  | Adjective  | 
| ancestral | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| fossil | /x  | Adjective  | 
| abundance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| occurrences | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| unnamed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| indicative | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| extinction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| inclusive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| complement | /xx  | Noun  | 
| botanical | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| endemic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| abundant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| morphology | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| extant | /x  | Adjective  | 
| name | /  | Noun  | 
| category | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| derived | x/  | Adjective  | 
| valid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| belong | x/  | Verb  | 
| terminal | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| characters | /xx  | Noun  | 
| margin | /x  | Noun  | 
| individuals | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| placement | /x  | Noun  | 
| generic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| representative | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| latent | /x  | Adjective  | 
| assign | x/  | Verb  | 
| members | /x  | Noun  | 
| indicators | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| differs | /x  | Verb  | 
| sister | /x  | Noun  | 
| dominant | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| lowest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| benchmark | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bimodal | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| binomial | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| bivariate | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| class | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| cohort | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| denomination | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| evidential | xx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| exponential | xx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| family | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| form | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| group | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hypothetical | xx/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| interaction | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| linearized | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| offender | x/x  | Noun  | 
| order | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| parameter | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| period | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| puzzling | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| race | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| results | x/  | Verb  | 
| retest | //  | Noun, Verb  | 
| strain | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| subcategory | xxxxx  | Noun  | 
| subclass | xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| subfamilies | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| subgroup | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| suborder | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| superclass | xxx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| superfamily | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| tribe | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| type | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| variant | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| dialect | /xx  | Noun  | 
| standard | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| vernacular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| cluster | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chunk | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| collocation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| daylight | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| gloss | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
