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taxonomy | dogsbody |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and dogsbody

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while dogsbody is (british) a person who does menial work, a servant.

As a verb dogsbody is

to act as a dogsbody, to do menial work:.

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

    dogsbody

    English

    Noun

    (dogsbodies)
  • (British) A person who does menial work, a servant.
  • * That's just Baldrick, my dogsbody. — .
  • * 1995 , Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator , John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 146:
  • Furthermore, there are still rather backward opinions in our society about the role of a translator. A translator is often regarded as a linguistic dogsbody .

    Synonyms

    * factotum * gofer * handyman * jack of all trades * odd job

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work:
  • * 1989 , Tim Parks, Family Planning
  • *:Perhaps because, having been brought up in all those different countries and languages, and then studying economics of all things for just a year, followed by four years dogsbodying for a haulage company, he had never got any serious reading done.
  • References

    * “ dogsbody”, A.Word.A.Day, Anu Garg, Wordsmith.org * “ And, of course, the poloponies], [http://www.word-detective.com/index.html Word Detective, Evan Morris, 1997–07–01