different between wheatear vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?t???/, /?wi?t???/

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Probably a back-formation from Middle English whit ers (“white arse”), after the prominent white rump of many species. Compare dialect forms white rump, white-tail. Possibly a compound of wheat +? ear or white +? ear. Attested since the seventeenth century as wheat-ears or wheatgear.

Noun

wheatear (plural wheatears)

1. Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
   1. especially, the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Synonyms

• clodhopper, fallow-chat, fallow-smiter

Derived terms

• northern wheatear

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• “wheatear”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Etymology 2

From Middle English whete-ere, equivalent to wheat +? ear.

Noun

wheatear (plural wheatears)

1. An ear of wheat.
2. A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat.

Anagrams

• Haweater, aweather, taraweeh

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