different between coachman vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

coach +? -man

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?t??m?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t??m?n/
• Hyphenation: coach?man

Noun

coachman (plural coachmen)

1. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]

     In about half-an-hour John and Mr. York, who was to be our new coachman, came in to see us. "Now Mr. Manly," he said, after carefully looking at us both, "I can see no fault in these horses, but we all know that horses have their peculiarities as well as men, and that sometimes they need different treatment; I should like to know if there is anything particular in either of these, that you would like to mention."

2. (South Africa) A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.

Related terms

• coachwoman, coach driver

Translations

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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