As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.
As a proper noun percy is
.
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
percy
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
, transferred use of the surname since the Middle Ages.
Usage notes
* Also used as a pet form of Piers and Percival.
Quotations
* ~1597 William Shakespeare: First Part of King Henry the Fourth: Act V, Scene IV :
*: Hotspur . My name is Harry Percy .
*: Prince . Why, then, I see / A very valiant rebel of that name. / I am the Prince of Wales; and think not, Percy , / To share with me in glory any more.
* 2008 , The Secret Scripture , Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-21528-7, pages 198 - 199:
*: I have written again to ask if I may visit there sometime soon, and talk to the administrator, who it turns out is an old acquaintance, a man called Percival Quinn, I think the only Percy I have heard of in the present era, let alone met.
Anagrams
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