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Taxonomy vs Cowgirl - What's the difference?

taxonomy | cowgirl |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and cowgirl

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while cowgirl is a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the american west.

As a verb cowgirl is

(rare|intransitive) to work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.

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

    cowgirl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  • a woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
  • a playing card of queen rank.
  • A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.

    • Synonyms

    * (sex position) woman-on-top

    Coordinate terms

    * cowboy

    Hypernyms

    * cowhand * cowperson * cowpoke

    References

    * {{reference-book , year = 2000 , last = Weisenberg , first = Michael , url = http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp , title = The Official Dictionary of Poker , publisher = MGI/Mike Caro University , isbn = 978-1880069523}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
  • * 1998 , Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West
    • She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work.
  • * 2007 , American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)
    • Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling , helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort.