different between goldilocks vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• goldylocks (less common)

Etymology

From goldy +? locks. Goldilocks is a traditional children's story and its protagonist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????ldil?ks/, enPR: g?l?d?-l?ks

Noun

goldilocks (plural goldilocks)

1. A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
2. A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.

Derived terms

• Goldilocks (see there for further derivations)
• goldilocks buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus)

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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