different between coprophagy vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• coprophagia

Etymology

From copro- (“excrement”) +? -phagy (“to feed on”).

Noun

coprophagy (uncountable)

1. The eating of feces.
   • 1980, G. J. Kenagy and D. F. Hoyt, "Reingestion of Feces in Rodents and Its Daily Rhythmicity," Oecologia, vol. 44, no. 3, p. 403,

     We use "coprophagy" as the simplest available general term to describe ingestion of the feces, without any implication of cause, circumstances, or the origin or nature of fecal material consumed.

   • 1989, Nutrition and Management of Dogs and Cats (page 38)

     Other studies postulate that dogs practice coprophagy in an attempt to conserve digestive enzymes, in particular protelytic enzymes and amylase (McCuistion, 1966).

   • 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 52:

     In Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (2003), Kosky previewed the apocalypse in a blitz of surreal images that made coprophagy, as he puts it, look "gorgeous".

   Synonym: scatophagy

Related terms

Translations

See also

• caecotrophy
• proctophagy
• reingestion

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

Translations