different between squirrelly vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• squirrely

Etymology

squirrel +? -ly, 1925. Presumably from erratic movement of squirrels, or by analogy with nuts (“insane”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?skw?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?skw???li/
• Rhymes: -??(?)li, -???li

Adjective

squirrelly (comparative squirrellier or more squirrelly, superlative squirrelliest or most squirrelly)

1. resembling a squirrel
2. unpredictable or jumpy
3. eccentric

See also

• batty
• nuts
• nutty
• See also Thesaurus:insane

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

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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