different between countryman vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

country +? -man

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nt?im?n/
• Hyphenation: coun?try?man

Noun

countryman (plural countrymen, feminine countrywoman, neutral countryperson)

1. Somebody from a certain country.
2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.
3. A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
4. (Ireland, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

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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