different between sharkskin vs taxonomy

English

shark +? skin

sharkskin (countable and uncountable, plural sharkskins)

The skin of a shark.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 18):
  [B]ut not long after sundown we heard the booming of great sharkskin drums and, with our work done, we hurried in the direction of the music.
A shiny fabric made from synthetic fibers.

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

taxonomics
(science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

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