As nouns the difference between taxonomy and ichneumon
is that
taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while
ichneumon is the (
egyptian mongoose), , found in africa and southern europe.
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
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ichneumon English
(Egyptian mongoose)
(Ichneumon wasp)
Noun
( en noun)
The (Egyptian mongoose), , found in Africa and southern Europe.
*, II.12:
*:when the Ichneumon is to grapple with the Crocodile, he walloweth his body in the mire, then lets the same drie and harden upon him.
The ichneumon wasp.
*1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 43:
*:Ada's unique Lorelei Underwing had died, paralyzed by some ichneumon that had not been deceived by those clever prominences and fungoid smudges.
Related terms
* ichnology
* ichnogram
* ichneumia
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