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taxonomy | lakh |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As a numeral lakh is

(india|pakistan|sri lanka|hong kong) one hundred thousand often used with units of money.

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

    lakh

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lac

    Numeral

    (en noun)
  • (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong) One hundred thousand. Often used with units of money.
  • * 1972 , Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain - West Indies
  • But they were both killed in the same engagement against Tippoo Sahib, her father owing ten lakhs of rupees and her husband nearly half that sum.
  • * '>citation
  • After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.
  • * 2013 January 3, N. Gopal Raj, “Polio free does not mean paralysis free” [http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/polio-free-does-not-mean-paralysis-free/article4266043.ece], The Hindu
  • According to data published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, India’s annualised non-polio AFP rate for 2011 stood at 15.06 per one lakh children below 15 years of age, compared to a global rate that year of 5.48.

    See also

    * crore * mohur