different between swineflesh vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• swine flesh, swine-flesh

Etymology

From Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine +? flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch (“pork”), Danish svineflæsk. More at swine, flesh.

Noun

swineflesh (uncountable)

1. The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.
   • 1886, Stanley Lane-Poole, The story of the Moors in Spain:

     If Malaga fell, then the Alhambra must also pass into the hands of the "eaters of swineflesh."

   • 1918, Padraic Colum, Homer, The children's Homer:

     Eumaeus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honor.

   • 1943, Edison Marshall, Great Smith: Issue 689:

     "Don't you know, you giaour dog, the thing e'en more repellent than swineflesh to a virtuous daughter of Islam?

   • 2007, James D. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty:

     “Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion”

   • 2010, Kai Borrmann, Jews in the Quran:

     He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah.

Synonyms

• pigmeat

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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