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taxonomy | octopuslike |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As an adjective octopuslike is

resembling or characteristic of an octopus.

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

    octopuslike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of an octopus.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1961, author=Victor Appleton, title=Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The divers grappled each other in an octopuslike duel. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2004, date=July 9, author=Fred Camper, title=Living in a Dream World, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=A white octopuslike beast is described as something that escapes when the ice thaws to collect "escaped spirits until the next frost"; a hulking presence in the painting, it's rendered even more alarming by the diagram, in which it looms over the silhouetted man. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 7, author=James Barron, title=Bigger Cars, Flip-Up Seats, Poetry: How Riders Would Run a Subway, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The agency announced plans yesterday to subdivide the octopuslike system and make the manager of each line responsible for everything on that line, from bunched-together trains to unintelligible public-address announcements. }}

    Synonyms

    * octopean, octopian, octopic, octopine, octopoid, octopoidal