different between synapomorphy vs taxonomy

synapomorphy

English

Etymology

syn- +? apomorphy

Noun

synapomorphy (plural synapomorphies)

  1. (cladistics) A derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry.
    Coordinate term: symplesiomorphy

Antonyms

  • (derived trait that is shared): plesiomorphy

Derived terms

  • synapomorphic

See also

  • autapomorphy
  • symmorphy

synapomorphy From the web:

  • what synapomorphy defines the eukarya
  • what synapomorphy links birds and mammals
  • what synapomorphy is common to all insects
  • what are characteristics of eukarya
  • what synapomorphy defines the eukarya see section 27.1


taxonomy

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

Translations

taxonomy From the web:

  • what taxonomy means
  • what taxonomy are humans
  • what taxonomy do humans belong to
  • what taxonomy is not a type of taxonomy
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