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English

Etymology

From Powhatan makasin, mockasin, mawhcasuns (plural), from Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni. The word is cognate with Massachusett mohkisson, mokussin, Mi'kmaq mks?n, Munsee mahkusin, Ojibwe makizin.

It has been suggested that sense 4 (“North American snake”) may be derived from a different Native American word.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?k?s?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?k?s?n/
• Hyphenation: moc?ca?sin

Noun

moccasin (plural moccasins)

1. A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot). [from early 17th c.]
2. A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.
3. A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.
4. Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon, particularly the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and the cottonmouth or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).

Alternative forms

• mocassin
• moccassin

Synonyms

• (shoe): moc

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See also

• Appendix:Colors

Notes

References

Further reading

• moccasin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• moccasin (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• scamcoin

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

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