different between decorticate vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

de- +? corticate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??k??t?ke?t/

Verb

decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)

1. (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
2. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

Synonyms

• (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate

Derived terms

• decorticated
• decortication
• hemidecorticate

Translations

Italian

Adjective

decorticate f pl

1. feminine plural of decorticato

Verb

decorticate

1. second-person plural present indicative of decorticare
2. second-person plural imperative of decorticare
3. feminine plural of decorticato

Latin

Verb

d?cortic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?cortic?

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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