different between silverbill vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

silver +? bill

Noun

silverbill (plural silverbills)

1. A kind of estrildid finch, most in genus Lonchura, some in Euodice.

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See also

• mannikin
• minia
• munia

References

• silverbill at OneLook Dictionary Search
• silverbill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• silverbill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lonchura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• silverbill on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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

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