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taxonomy | fourscore |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As a numeral fourscore is

eighty.

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

    fourscore

    English

    Numeral

    (head)
  • Eighty.
  • * , Numbers IV:48:
    • Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore .
  • * 1863 , (Abraham Lincoln), ‘Gettysburg Address’:
    • Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  • * 1914 , (Saki), ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts :
    • Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.