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taxonomy | clipped |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As a verb clipped is

(clip).

As an adjective clipped is

having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.

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

    clipped

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clipt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clip)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.
  • (of speech) With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.
  • (informal) Circumcised.
  • * 1999 , Ben Edward Akerley, The X-Rated Bible: An Irreverent Survey of Sex in the Scriptures , Feral House (1999), ISBN 9780922915552, page 102:
    • After all, Jehovah had instituted the rite of circumcision in which the clipped penis became consecrated to him,
  • *

    • Synonyms

    *(circumcised) see also .