different between squawker vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

squawk +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

squawker (plural squawkers)

1. Something that squawks.
2. A person who complains or protests noisily.
   • 2001, Max Rubin, Comp City: A Guide to Free Casino Vacations (page 185)

     The bosses grow weary of the scammers and squawkers and conclude that they're all a big nuisance.

3. (slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
4. A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
5. (slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.

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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