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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and peewee

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while peewee is (informal) a short or small person; a small object or peewee can be (australia|new south wales and queensland) a magpie-lark or mudlark, grallina cyanoleuca .

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

    peewee

    English

    Etymology 1

    Probably reduplication of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A short or small person; a small object.
  • A kind of small marble in children's games.
  • * 2011 , Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
    • You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees .
  • (US, sports) A player in a sports league for very young children.
    • Is five too young for peewee football?
  • * 1971 November, Pat Strange, Mini Judoka in Aussie Ladies Tourney'', '' , page 61,
    • Each year, younger and younger girls line up for competition on the mats, and at this year?s Western Australia Women?s Judo Tournament extra peewee divisions were added to accomodate(sic) the young ladies.

    Etymology 2

    Probably from onomatopoeia of the birds' songs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, New South Wales and Queensland) A magpie-lark or mudlark, Grallina cyanoleuca .
  • * 1939 , Francis Ratcliffe, Flying Fox and Drifting Sand: The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia , page 43,
    • A large flock of black and white peewees —magpie larks—passed over our heads from a patch of mangrove.
  • * 1964 , Carl Weismann, Australian Bird Songs , page 15,
    • The studies of A. H. Robinson in Western Australia indicate that Peewees tend to pair for life, and hold the same territory on successive seasons.
  • * 2004 , William McGregor, The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia , page 2,
    • Many Kimberley languages call the peewee or mudlark diyadiya (pronounced like ‘dear-dear’) after one of its calls;.
  • A pewee.

    • See also

    * ("peewee" on Wikipedia)