different between petroglyph vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From French pétroglyphe, from Ancient Greek ????? (pétra, “rock”) + ????? (glúph?, “carved work”)

Noun

petroglyph (plural petroglyphs)

1. (archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.

   Coordinate term: geoglyph

   • 1998, Henri-Paul Francfort, 17: Central Asian petroglyphs: between Indo-Iranian and shamanistic interpretations, Paul S. C. Taçon (editor), The Archaeology of Rock-Art, page 302,

     The petroglyphs of Central Asia form a long sequence from the Neolithic onwards.

   • 2000, Carol Diaz-Granados, James R. Duncan, The Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri, page 102,

     Ninety-six petroglyph sites were reported in the original study (DiazGranados 1993). The majority of the petroglyphs are worn.

   • 2001, Georgia Lee, 18: Oceania, David S. Whitley (editor), Handbook of Rock Art Research, page 578,

     The islands of Tonga are not known for petroglyphs; however, one of the frontal stones of a langi called Mala'e Lahi on 'Uiha Island has one petroglyph of a human foot.

Derived terms

• petroglyphic
• petroglyphy

Translations

See also

• pictograph

Further reading

• petroglyph 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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