Taxonomy vs Ebony - What's the difference?
taxonomy | ebony |
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.
A hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros .
A tree that yields such wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
(slang) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument
Made of ebony wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
* 1864 , George Adams Fisher, The Yankee conscript: or, Eighteen months in Dixie
* 1931 , Catherine MacFarlane Carswell, The life of Robert Burns
* 2004', "Alyssa", '''''Ebony Girls Need Attention'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.escorts )
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As a proper noun ebony is
.taxonomy
English
(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee 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 * ontologyebony
English
(wikipedia ebony)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* Ceylon ebony * India ebony * Jamaican ebony * West Indian ebonyAdjective
(en adjective)ebony colour:
- He called the ebony mistress of the establishment to him, and speaking to her kindly and winningly, as any dutiful husband should, told her to make the change, which she did.
- No attempt was made in her new home to discontinue or even to conceal the presence of an ebony mistress and a thriving family of little mulattoes...
- Want to watch my gorgeous ebony friend, Almond Joy, naked and online 24/7? She recently ended a long-term relationship and is now fully enjoying being a 25 year-old single gal in Beverly Hills.