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taxonomy | rupert |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and rupert

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while rupert is a junior army officer.

As a proper noun rupert is

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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

    rupert

    English

    (Rupert)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2010 (Joanne Harris), blueeyedboy , Doubleday, ISBN 9780385609500, page 99:
  • A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint. Even Rupert sounds somehow cool when attached to a navy-blue St Oswald's blazer.
  • * 2010 (w, Maggie O'Farrell), The Hand That First Held Mine , Headline, ISBN 9780755308453, page 91:
  • *:'What about Rupert'?' his mother says brightly. 'I've always loved the name ' Rupert and it's an old family name on my side.'
  • *:'Sounds like...a whatdyoucallit?' Ted's father says, folding up the newspaper and tossing it to the floor.
  • *:'What?'
  • *:'A...' Ted's father puts his hand to his brow '...you know...a thing that children take to bed. Um...Brideshead ...um...teddy-bear! That's it. A teddy-bear.'
  • A city in Idaho.
  • An unincorporated community in Ohio.
  • A town in Vermont.
  • A town in West Virginia.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A junior army officer.
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