Taxonomy vs Chookhouse - What's the difference?
taxonomy | chookhouse |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(AU, colloquial) A henhouse.
* 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 178:
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and chookhouse
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while chookhouse is (au|colloquial) a henhouse.taxonomy
English
(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologychookhouse
English
Noun
(en noun)- The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.