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taxonomy | smalls |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and smalls

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while smalls is .

As a verb smalls is

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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

    smalls

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (UK, Australia, informal) Underwear.
    • He's in the garden hanging his smalls on the washing line.
    The smalls he was wearing were tight.
  • * 1917 , , 2007, Echo Library, page 31,
    • Unkempt, bearded to the eyes, there he stood clutching his shapeless old cabbage-tree, in mud-stained jumper and threadbare smalls —the very spit of the unsuccessful digger.
  • * 2008 , Donna Wheeler, Melbourne & Victoria City Guide , Lonely Planet, page 198,
    • there are also some great B&Bs and guesthouses where you can unpack a toothbrush and fresh set of smalls for the morning.
  • * 2008 , Shauna Reid, The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl , page 7,
    • They billowed in the sticky summer breeze, curved and enormous like the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
    Just when did my smalls become so impossibly large?
  • English plurals