different between froggish vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

frog +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: frog?gish

Adjective

froggish (comparative more froggish, superlative most froggish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a frog.
2. Inclined to fight.
   • 2002, Eminem, "When the Music Stops":

     Fuck with me now, bitch; let's see you freestyle!
     Talk is cheap, motherfucker, if you really feelin' froggish, leap.

3. Aggressive.
   • 1954, Ike Turner with Brother Bell, "If You Feel Froggish":

     Well if you feel froggish
     And you wanna hop my gal
     Please don't be no fool
     'Cause I took you for my pal.

Synonyms

• froggy
• froglike
• frogly
• ranine

See also

• anuran
• batrachian
• salientian
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly
• toady

References

• froggish at OneLook Dictionary Search

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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