different between neotropics vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• Neotropics

Etymology

neo- +? tropics

Noun

neotropics pl (plural only)

1. Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.

Usage notes

Used in biology, and should not be confused with the Neotropic (singular), or Neotropical ecozone, as used by Schultz.

Derived terms

• neotropic
• neotropical

Anagrams

• ectropions, pointscore, prosection

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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