different between yipes vs taxonomy

English

Interjection

yipes

1. Alternative form of yikes
   • 2003, Diane Muldrow, Barbara Pollak, Sweet-and-sour summer

     Yipes! she exclaimed suddenly. I forgot to take the ice cream out of the freezer to soften it!

   • 1998, Karen Kijewski, Stray Kat Waltz

     Their clothes were mostly uninteresting and unflattering. Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise. Yipes.

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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