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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and tush

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while tush is a tusk or tush can be (us|colloquial) the buttocks or tush can be (british|colloquial) nonsense; tosh or tush can be .

As an interjection tush is

(an exclamation of contempt or rebuke).

As a verb tush is

to pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.

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

    tush

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tusc

    Noun

    (tushes)
  • A tusk.
  • * 1818 , John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":
    • Perhaps one or two whose lives have patient wings, / And through whose curtains peeps no hellish nose, / No wild-boar tushes , and no mermaid's toes [...].
  • *
    • he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
  • A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.

    • Etymology 2

    Short for toches, from (etyl) . Since 1914.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (US, colloquial) The buttocks
    • Derived terms
    * tushie * tushy

    Etymology 3

    A "natural utterance" (OED), attested since the 15th century

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (An exclamation of contempt or rebuke).
  • * 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
    • He glanced through the letter and shook his head. "Tush! tush ! And the wife of the bank manager too—the bank manager of Pudlington, James! Can you conceive of anything so dreadful? But I'm afraid Mrs. Bank Manager is a puss—a distinct puss. It's when they get on the soul-mate stunt that the furniture begins to fly."

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British, colloquial) Nonsense; tosh.

    • Etymology 4

    Of unknown origin, attested since 1841.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.

    • Etymology 5

    From British slang tusheroon

    Noun

    (es)

    • Anagrams

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