Taxonomy vs Neotenous - What's the difference?
taxonomy | neotenous |
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.
Exhibiting retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
(informal) Babyfaced.
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective neotenous is
exhibiting retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.taxonomy
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(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 * ontologyneotenous
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(en adjective)Quotations
* 1967 December 22, Desmond Morris,LIFE'' volume 63, number 25, article ''The Naked Ape , page 97: *: So there he stands—our vertical, hunting, weapon-toting, territorial, neotenous , brainy naked ape, a primate by adoption, ready to conquer the world. But he is a very new and experimental departure, and new models frequently have imperfections. … * 2005 , Charles Stross, , chapter ''Nightfall , page 245: *: ‘Parents. What are they good for?’ asks Amber, with all the truculence of her seventeen years. ‘Even if they stay neotenous , they lose flexibility. And there's that long Paleolithic tradition of juvenile slavery. Inhuman, I call it.’