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English

Etymology

moon +? raker

(someone from Wiltshire): After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mu?n.?e?.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mu?n.?e?.k?/

Noun

moonraker (plural moonrakers)

1. (colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.
2. (nautical) A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.

Synonyms

• (small, light sail): moonsail

Translations

Further reading

• Moonrakers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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