different between deerfly vs taxonomy

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• deer fly

Etymology

From deer +? fly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??fl??/

Noun

deerfly (plural deerflies)

1. Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in genus Chrysops.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 161:

     When the sun comes out, it is totally delightful, except for the mosquitoes, and the blackflies, and the deerflies.

   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 149:

     The basement was flooded and the couch was growing mildew, so we sat outdoors in the shadows of the trees in a screened tent with deerflies and mosquitoes buzzing outside.

Translations

Anagrams

• flyered

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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