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taxonomy | cornucopian |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective cornucopian is

in great abundance, very abundant.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See 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 * ontology

    cornucopian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • in great abundance, very abundant
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=May 18, author=Neil Tesser, title=Jerry Steinhilber Trio With George Garzone, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=On Chicago Trio, New York Tenor, released this month on the Italian label Soul Note, his trio features two fellow fellow Chicagoans--Larry Kohut on bass, a steadying influence even during his sudden shifts to double time, and cornucopian pianist Jim Trompeter--and collectively it has the flexibility and tensile strength of metal mesh. }}
  • *{{quote-journal, 2000, date=November 24, Robert F. Service, Atom-Scale Research Gets Real, Science citation
    • , passage=In response, many researchers at the cutting edge of dealing with matter on the near-atomic scale have become aggressively matter- of-fact, squirming at the suggestion of cornucopian nanofactories or even humbler mass-produced nanodevices. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=October 26, author=Anthony Adler, title=Dangerous Women, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The full mystic vision of Kali includes birth as well as death, the cornucopian vagina as well as the hungry mouth. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1912, author=Herman Scheffauer, title=The Masque of the Elements, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=With cornucopian Fire thou giv'st me strength, Caresses and golden hours and grace of sleep. }}