different between sternwheeler vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From sternwheel +? -er.

Noun

sternwheeler (plural sternwheelers)

1. (nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
   • 1998, Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost, Pan 2012, p. 140:

     Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.

See also

• sidewheeler

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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