different between apodal vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• apod
• apodan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?- (a-) + ????? (podós), genitive of ???? (poús, “foot”) with the suffix -al.

Adjective

apodal (not comparable)

1. (biology) Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless.

Translations

Noun

apodal (plural apodals)

1. Any moth of the genus Apoda.
2. Any caecilian of the order Apoda.

Anagrams

• paldao

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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