Taxonomy vs Houndish - What's the difference?
taxonomy | houndish |
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.
Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.
*1897 , Richard Wagner, Religion and art :
*1994 , Jack Lovejoy, Outworld Cats :
*2008 , Jeffrey Overstreet, Cyndere's Midnight :
*2010 , Gregory Maguire, Mirror Mirror :
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective houndish is
like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.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 * ontologyhoundish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound."
- [...] houndish face was anything but memorable, yet Verna felt certain she had seen it somewhere before. "Delfred! Delfred! Delfred! Woof! Woof! Woof!" continued the chant outside the garden wall.
- Long strings of yellow dangled from Jorn's houndish snout, and his eyes were red.
- Lucrezia laughed, a houndish laugh, almost a baying.