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taxonomy | spinny |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and spinny

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while spinny is .

As an adjective spinny is

(informal) associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion or spinny can be (uk|dialect|obsolete) thin and long; slim; slender.

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

    spinny

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) spina .

    Noun

    (spinnies)
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies .

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.
  • * 1997 , DAN Seemiller, M Holowchak, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies - all 3 versions »
    • The sound at contact should be solid and crisp, not “spinny .”
  • * 2003 , Ian S. Ginns, Stephen J. Norton, and Campbell J. McRobbie, "Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology", in Pupils Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003 , p 115-118
    • “It is a spinny thing with wires in it, with the wires wrapped around something (coil) and N and S (unsure what N and S were)."
  • * 2006 , J Purkis, Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome
    • Then you got a double whammy - your eyes were full of orange and your head was spinny and dizzy.

    Etymology 3

    Compare spiny.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) thin and long; slim; slender
    • (Webster 1913)