English Explanatory Dictionary

binomial nomenclature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens

Word forms

binomial nomenclature

Related words

binomen binomial binomial name binominal binominal name species species name taxonomy
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