different between flopper vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

flop +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

flopper (plural floppers)

1. One who flops.
2. (skittles) The knocking down of all nine pins in one go.
3. (US, slang) A person who deliberately falls down on a slippery floor or in front of an automobile etc. so as to claim compensation.
   • 1928, The Post Magazine and Insurance Monitor

     According to the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail," professional "floppers" are making good livings out of American insurance companies.

Anagrams

• pre-flop, preflop

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

flopper m

1. indefinite plural of flopp

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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