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taxonomy | marabou |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and marabou

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while marabou is leptoptilos crumeniferus , a large wading bird native to africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.

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

    marabou

    English

    (wikipedia marabou) (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

    Alternative forms

    * marabu

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Leptoptilos crumeniferus , a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
  • (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
    • (Bartlett)

    Synonyms

    * (bird) adjutant stork, marabou stork