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taxonomy | strine |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As a proper noun strine is

(australia|new zealand|uk|informal|jocular) broad australian english; broad australian rendered as eye dialect.

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

    strine

    English

    (wikipedia Strine)

    Alternative forms

    * strine

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal, jocular) Broad Australian English; broad Australian rendered as eye dialect.
  • * 1982 , J. C. Wells, Accents of English'', Volume 3: ''Beyond the British Isles , page 595,
    • Several Strine' forms depend on an assumed equivalence between '''Strine fortis consonants and Cultivated/RP lenis ones, thus ''garbler mince'' (couple of minutes), ''egg jelly (actually). It is doubtful whether this reflects any real phonetic difference.
  • * 1989 July 8, Ariadne'', , page 120,
    • A team at Griffith University in Bribane is working on what the university?s newspaper callls a bionic snorter. Translating into English from Strine , this is a bionic hooter, conk, bugle or nose.
  • * 1992 , Gillian Bottomley, From Another Place: Migration and the Politics of Culture , 2009, page 133,
    • Dell?Oso describes the encounter of an Asian woman with a surly bus driver whose only language is Strine (a form of Australian English, barely intelligible to many of the native-speakers).

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