different between lefty vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• leftie

Etymology

left +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?fti/

Noun

lefty (plural lefties)

1. (informal) One who is left-handed.
2. (Britain, informal) One who has left-wing political views.
3. (slang) One's left testicle.

   I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.

Synonyms

• left-hander
• southpaw

Translations

Adjective

lefty (not comparable)

1. (US) Left-handed.
2. (US) Intended for left-handed use.

   The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles.

3. (Britain, informal) Left-wing.

Anagrams

• Felty, felty, flyte, yleft

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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