English Explanatory Dictionary

basionym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.

Word forms

basionym basionyms basonym

Etymology

From basi- (“base”) + -onym (“name”).

Related words

synonym

Derived words

heterobasionym
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