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taxonomy | hyphenated |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As a verb hyphenated is

(hyphenate).

As an adjective hyphenated is

written with a hyphen.

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

    hyphenated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hyphenate)
    • Compounding the word looked wrong, so I hyphenated it instead.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Written with a hyphen.
    • Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
  • Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
    • "[The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity. " Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right, October 28, 2005.