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Taxonomy vs Pescetarian - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and pescetarian

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while pescetarian is a person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.

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

    pescetarian

    Alternative forms

    * pescatarian * piscetarian

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.
  • * 1999 , Jessica R. Shawl, ' "Vegetarians"???', rec.food.veg, Usenet :
  • I'm curious what you do when you encounter a friend, family member, whoever who claims to be a "vegetarian who eats fish". It *really* bothers me when this happens because it contributes to the assumption that I eat fish and I don't, because I am a vegetarian. I feel like it gives all vegetarians a bad name.
    Do you correct them? Do you not bother? And how do you correct them? I was thinking that saying something like "oh, you mean your(SIC) a pescetarian " would be ok and give them the appropriate term. Speaking of which, how is "pescetarian" pronounced?
  • * 2005 , Kirsten Hartvig, Pierre Jean Cousin, The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health: More Than 600 Foods and Recipes for Overcoming Illness and Boosting your Immunity , page 149:
  • Eat for Immunity follows a plant-based approach to improving immunity that is relevant to every style of eating—carnivore, pescetarian , vegetarian and vegan.
  • * 2006 , Ayun Halliday, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste , page 151:
  • "Why don't you just tell people you're a pescetarian ?" a vegetarian I met recently asked, cutting me off midapologia for my beat-up leather jacket and my callow habit of behaving as if fish are neurologically no more complex than eggplants.

    Synonyms

    * piscivore (scientific)

    References

    * The Word Spy – pescetarian