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taxonomy | woolish |

As a noun taxonomy

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

As an adjective woolish is

resembling or characteristic of wool.

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

    woolish

    English

    Alternative forms

    *woollish

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of wool.
  • * 1998 , Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early , High Water Press (1998), ISBN 0964662922, page 263:
    • He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.
  • * 2004 , L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth , Vortex (2004), ISBN 9780843951363, page 279:
    • He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.
  • * 2006 , C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers , ISBN 9781430303633, page 106:
    • (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)
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    • Synonyms

    *woollike *wooly, woolly