different between chickenhawk vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

chicken +? hawk. The political sense is derived from figurative meanings of "chicken" (coward) and "hawk" (militarist).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???k?n?h?k/

Noun

chickenhawk (plural chickenhawks)

1. (US politics, derogatory) A draft dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements.
2. (archaic) Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.
3. (derogatory, gay slang) An older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex.

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References

• “chickenhawk”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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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