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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and ladybird

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while ladybird is any of the coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.

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

    ladybird

    English

    (wikipedia ladybird)

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
  • * 1914 , Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America , Volume 7, page 81,
    • During this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird', making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ' ladybird .
  • * 1927 , Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood?s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury , Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993,
    • Lady-bird', ' lady-bird , fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan.
  • * 1976' September 30, Denis Owen, '''''Ladybird''', '''ladybird , fly away home'', , page 686,
    • Ladybirds , unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops.
  • * 2008 , John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology , Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, page 2130,
    • Perhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds' in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ' ladybird species into North America.

    Usage notes

    The term ladybird is used both in British and US English, although the alternative ladybug is common in the US.

    Synonyms

    * (beetle) coccinellid, ladybug (North America), lady beetle (term preferred by some scientists), lady cow (obsolete), lady fly (obsolete)