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taxonomy | sonorous |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective sonorous is

capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.

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

    sonorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sonourous (rare)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
  • * {{quote-book
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  • Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
  • * Addison
    • The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.
  • * E. Everett
    • There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude.
  • Wordy or grandiloquent.

    • Related terms

    * sonorant * sonority * sonorously * sonorousness