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As a noun taxonomy

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

As a proper noun thule is

the ancestors of the canadian inuit.

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

    thule

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The ancestors of the Canadian Inuit.
  • The northernmost location of the ancient world.
  • * 1844 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ”, page 41, first stanza, lines 5–6:
    • I have reached these lands but newly // From an ultimate dim Thule .
  • * 1969 , V.E. Watts (translator), (author), The (Consolation of Philosophy) , bk III, ch. v, page 89:
    • For distant India tremble may // Beneath your mighty rule, // And Thulé ? bow beneath your sway // Far in the Northern sea, // But if to care and want you’re prey, // No king are you, but slave.
  • * ibidem , footnote 5:
    • 5. To the Romans Thulé , variously identified as Iceland or Mainland in the Shetland Isles, marked the extreme northern limit of the known world, just as India here stands for the farthest east.

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

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    External links

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    References

    * (OED) (2nd ed., 1989), “ ?Thule”