different between salivary vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

saliva +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæl??v??i/

Adjective

salivary (not comparable)

1. Relating to saliva.

Derived terms

• salivary gland

Translations

Noun

salivary (plural salivaries)

1. A salivary gland.
   • 1914, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society (page 130)

     The most striking peculiarity, however, is the presence of a pair of glands (possibly aborted salivaries) apparently issuing from the posterior of the pharynx, and looking like the two ends of a clergyman's bands or cravat.

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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