different between musketoon vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• musquetoon (obsolete)

Etymology

From musket +? -oon, after French mousqueton. Compare Italian moschettone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?sk??tu?n/

Noun

musketoon (plural musketoons)

1. (now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore. [from 17th c.]
   • 1844, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Robson), The Three Musketeers Chapter 27

     And d'Artagnan set the example. Then, turning toward Planchet, he made him a sign to uncock his musketoon. The Englishmen, convinced of these peaceful proceedings, sheathed their swords grumblingly.

2. (obsolete) One who is armed with such a musket. [16th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

• tsukemono

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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