different between scarabaeoid vs taxonomy

English

Adjective

scarabaeoid (not comparable)

1. Resembling a scarab.
   1. (jewelry, archaeology) Resembling a scarab in form, but without being made to look like a beetle.
2. (obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.
3. (entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.

Noun

scarabaeoid (plural scarabaeoids)

1. Any beetle of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea

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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