Taxonomy vs Pommie - What's the difference?
taxonomy | pommie |
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.
(colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) An English immigrant; a pom.
* 1953 , , 2010,
* 2005 , Craig Zerf, Plob ,
* 2011 , Ali Lewis, Everybody Jam ,
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, sometimes, pejorative) English; British.
* See citations at pommy.
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and pommie
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while pommie is (colloquial|australia|new zealand|south africa) an english immigrant; a pom.As an adjective pommie is
(australia|new zealand|south africa|sometimes|pejorative) english; british.taxonomy
English
(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 * ontologypommie
English
Alternative forms
* pommyNoun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- “It?ll be a long time before I do that,” the pilot said grimly. “She?s my Queen as well as yours, you know. I?m not a bloody Pommie'.”“Too right, it?s difficult,” the Australian said. And then he added, “All ' Pommies aren?t bloody. I used that as a kind of figure of speech.”
page 234,
- A Pommie'. They were sending him to England to work with a '''Pommie'''. After all that he had done for this country they were shipping him off to a cold, rain-infested, windy little isle to work a case with a ' Pommie .
unnumbered page,
- There are a lot of Pommies' in Australia; travelling round, looking for work, and Dad reckoned you could ''pay them peanuts''.If Sissy couldn?t go back to school, I thought she should help out more, then we wouldn?t have to hire a ' Pommie house girl.