different between subgenus vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

sub- +? genus

Noun

subgenus (plural subgenera or subgenuses)

1. (taxonomy) A subdivision of a genus.

Synonyms

• subg. (shortening)

Translations

Anagrams

• bunguses

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sub.?e.nus/, [?s??b??n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sub.d??e.nus/, [?subd???nus]

Noun

subgenus n (genitive subgeneris); third declension

1. (New Latin) subgenus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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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