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As a noun taxonomy

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

As a proper noun allison 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

    allison

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname; mostly of persons born before 1950.
  • taken into general use in the 1940s; usually interpreted as a spelling variant of Alison.

    • Quotations

    * 1956 : Peyton Place , UPNE, 1999, ISBN 1555534007, Book One, Chapter 4, *: Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old. * 1994 , She Walks These Hills , Scribner's , ISBN 0684195569, page 81: *: "Allison ?" Surely that was a girl's name. *: "It's after Davey Allison , the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times.

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