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Taxonomy vs Pegacorn - What's the difference?

taxonomy | pegacorn |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and pegacorn

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while pegacorn is (label) a horned pegasus or a winged unicorn.

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

    pegacorn

    English

    (winged unicorn)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A horned Pegasus or a winged unicorn.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2006-07-11 , first = Alea , last = Bushardt , title = Cloud Filly , publisher = Trafford Publishing , isbn = 9781412054294 , oclc = 70231499 , ol = 11713596M , page = 42 , passage = It was a flying horse — no, a unicorn — or a pegacorn ? — feathery wings outstretched. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2011-08-18 , first = Jessica S. , last = Marquis , title = Raising Unicorns: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful — and Magical! — Unicorn Farm , publisher = Adams Media , isbn = 9781440525902 , ol = 25192451M , page = 18 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=T3rfs4IVgk4C&pg=PA18&dq=pegacorn , passage = Pegacorns' have grown in both popularity and population since their worldwide introduction during the 1980s. While they had existed for eons prior, few unicorn farmers wished to voluntarily care for both the temperamental nature of the Pegasus and the attention-craving disposition of the unicorn. However, when those farmers had the opportunity to soar high and fast into the clouds on the ' Pegacorn , they had an abrupt change of opinion. }}
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2012-01-15 , title = GlaDOS reads her letter to Princess Celestia , first = Lauren , last = Davis , site = io9 , url = http://io9.com/5876240/glados-reads-her-letter-to-princess-celestia , passage = At the end of each episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic , one of the show's cartoon ponies dictates a letter to the pegacorn Princess Celestia, telling her what she's learned about friendship. }}
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    • Synonyms

    * (informal) unipeg, unisus * (nonstandard)

    Meronyms

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