different between unflighted vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From un- +? flighted.

Adjective

unflighted (not comparable)

1. (of birds, rare) Lacking flight feathers, typically due to immaturity (compare flightless)

   This breed of canary is unflighted for the first six months of its life.

2. Lacking flights (arrows, a screw thread, etc.).

   Unflighted darts have a tendency to tumble.

Related terms

• multiflighted
• flighted

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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