classification  - the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics., genus - a taxonomic group covering more than one species., binomial-nomeclature - the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet., taxonomy - the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics., species - a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens., prokaryote - a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and cyanobacteria., heterotroph - an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances., eukaryote - an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria., unicellular - an organism that has only one single cell,, multicellular - an organism composed of many cells, six kingdom system - Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, or Animalia.,

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