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Taxonomy vs Puffling - What's the difference?

taxonomy | puffling |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and puffling

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while puffling is a young puffin.

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

    puffling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young puffin.
  • *2006 , The Observer , 7 May 2006:
  • *:Visit Iceland this August and you could help to rescue pufflings - baby puffins - who get confused by town street lights and crash into towns when leaving their burrows to fly over the Atlantic for the first time.
  • *2007 , Katherine Zecca, A Puffin's Year :
  • *:Whee-er-er, whee-er-er! the puffling cries because he is hungry. Mama puffin arrives and lays her mouthful of live fish close to the front of the burrow.
  • *2012 , Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Birds: A spiritual field guide , p. 155:
  • *:Both parents feed the infant puffling until it is very fat, then leave the chick, who must make its own way to the sea.