Taxonomy vs Cowhand - What's the difference?
taxonomy | cowhand |
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.
One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1886
, month = April
, volume = 8
, issue = 1
, title = Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the West
, first = Theodore
, last = Roosevelt
, authorlink = Theodore Roosevelt
, magazine = Outing
, page = 3
, pageurl = http://http://books.google.com/books?id=0ulYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3
, passage = Though a first rate cow hand he very shortly proved himself to be wholly incapable of acting as head.
}}
* {{quote-song
, year = 1936
, title =
, composer =
, url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFS6UXi4DB4
, passage = I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande / but my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan
}}